Rain closes school - Port Maria Primary covered in mud, water
More than 1,200 students of the Port Maria Primary School in St. Mary will have to stay home again today, even as dozens of parents and teachers spent yesterday cleaning up the school that had been covered in mud and water since heavy rains...
Toll road war goes to UK Privy Council
Residents of Portmore, St. Catherine, led by Oswald James, attorney-at-law, will be taking their toll road battle with the Government to the nation's highest court, the United Kingdom-based Privy Council.
PNP to make report on stadium robbery
Donald Buchanan, the general secretary of the People's National Party (PNP), says his party will be making a formal complaint to Political Ombudsman, Bishop Herro Blair, on the break-in at the offices of the National Stadium...
Norman DaCosta laid to rest
MANDEVILLE, Manchester: Hundreds of persons filled the Ridgemount United Church on Main Street, Mandeville, yesterday, to bid farewell to trade unionist, Norman DaCosta, who committed suicide 11 days ago.
Alcan to clean up Mt Rosser landfill
Canadian bauxite company, Alcan, has completed plans for the rehabilitation of its former waste landfill lake at Mount Rosser, St. Catherine. Used until 1991 for waste from Alcan's plant at Ewarton...
Jamaica chosen to vet UNEP field tests
Jamaica is one of six countries chosen to test a new United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) approach to anticipate the impact of big development decisions, before they take place. Based at the University of the West Indies...
Arthur: Church vital to nation's development
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): Charting a future path for Barbados along the moral high ground, Prime Minister Owen Arthur yesterday said the Church and religion would be central to decisions his administration makes...
'Sheer hypocrisy' - Businessmen say cops' approach is hindering entertainment for tourists
OCHO RIOS, St. Ann: The call by Director of Tourism, Basil Smith, for the entertainment sector to improve on the tourism package being offered to visitors, has been dismissed by several local businessmen as "sheer hypocrisy".
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