'Flexi' talks resurface
A statement on the issue of flexible work arrangements last week has been met with some mixed responses from the Church and employers. The proposal, which was first made in 2000, found its way into the public arena again last week when Junior Minister...
Take care with the cricket law
"Despite the urgency with which Cricket World Cup's Christopher Dehring and Patrick Bryan insist the Sunset Legislation must be passed, it is necessary, we feel, that in their haste, Jamaican legislators do not lose sight...
'Trafigura scandal will not deter private party funding'
Private sector officials say the Trafigura Beheer scandal and its subsequent calls for revelation of those contributing to political parties, has not generated any reluctance on the side of private companies...
Student's death sparks Safe School programme
WESTERN BUREAU: The St. James police are looking at introducing the Safe Schools Programme at Maldon High School in the parish following an altercation that left a male student dead and another hospitalised with stab wounds last Thursday.
Elderly woman found dead
It was the question on everyone's lips. Who would want to hurt Miss Joyce? Joyce Reid, a quiet 74-year-old woman, was strangled to death some time between eight o'clock Saturday night and dawn yesterday in her home at 14 Toronto Avenue...
Man held in connection with bus robbery
Spanish Town, St. Catherine: The St. Catherine South Police have now taken a man in custody whom they believe was involved in holding up a bus in Portmore, which resulted in the death of the driver and one of the gunmen while injuring two other persons.
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