Stricter port security laws by year end
Legislation geared towards tighter port security should be on the nation's books by year end, according to Arthur Williams, minister of state in the Ministry of National Security. "The move is in keeping with the Government's efforts to curtail the illicit trade in drugs...
Spotlight on Traffic - Police under fire for presence on roads
A MANPOWER shortage is crippling the Jamaica Constabulary Force's (JCF) traffic division's efforts to police Jamaica's roads in light of escalating fatal crashes and widespread indiscipline in major townships. "One of our main problems is resource in numbers...
'No pile-up of garbage in Mona' - Absolutely no wide-scale waste problem, says head of citizens' association
Winsome Johns-Gayle, president of the Mona Heights Citizens' Association Co-operation (MHCA), is opposing claims that there has been a garbage pile-up in the middle-class St Andrew community due to inefficiencies on the part of the National Solid Waste...
We have short-changed our children - Golding
Prime Minister Bruce Golding has expressed concern regarding insufficient efforts to inculcate correct morals and values in children in an effort to mitigate against antisocial behaviours in Jamaica. Golding was addressing the Women's Leadership...
Hurricane radar out of service
SINCE LAST YEAR, the Doppler radar used to give the precise location of weather systems that enter Jamaican waters and near-precise information on their intensity has been out of service.This has left the National Meteorological Service without its main apparatus. Officials...
Drug agency head to be axed
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC): Guyana's President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday confirmed that he would dismiss the head of the Custom Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU), Orville Nedd, after he was among 10 persons who failed a lie detector test. "No one is exempted, if you fail...
Teachers alarmed at allegations of sexual abuse in schools
CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC): The St Lucia Teachers Union (SLTU) yesterday said it was alarmed at the increased number of sexual abuse allegations being made against teachers.SLTU General Secretary Wayne Cumberbatch said that the union viewed the allegations...
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