'Not your role' - Golding slams contractor general for public outcry
Joining Government's sparring match with Contractor General Greg Christie, Prime Minister Bruce Golding yesterday criticised him for his most recent public outcry, but stressed that the controversial contracts-award watchdog still has his support...
Olympians honoured in Montego Bay - Medallists call for end to violence
WESTERN BUREAU: Montegonians turned out in their thousands yesterday to salute Jamaica's Beijing Olympic heroes in a colourful ceremony at Sam Sharpe Square, where triple gold medal winner Usain Bolt was presented with the Keys to the City...
JTA calls for salaries committee meeting
The Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) has summoned its salaries and conditions of service committee, and its parish action committees, to a meeting on Saturday to discuss lingering concerns related to teachers' salaries. Early yesterday, JTA President Doran Dixon said ...
'The postman still relevant and essential'
Brian Goldson, chairman of the Postal Corporation of Jamaica, says despite the introduction of the BlackBerry and email, the postman remains a relevant and essential link in the communications chain. Speaking yesterday during the Postman's Award...
Court upholds ruling to disbar lawyer
The Court of Appeal has upheld a ruling by the disciplinary committee of the General Legal Council that attorney-at-law Jonathan Vernon Ricketts must be disbarred.In 2006, the disciplinary committee struck Ricketts off the roll of attorneys-at-law...
Golding vows to rescue children from abusive homes
THE HIGH incidence of child abuse and sexual offences against minors has Prime Minister Bruce Golding thinking about devising a plan to protect children from relatives."One would have thought that the State's primary role is to protect the children when...
'Improper exchange' - Male teacher questions students about sex
The Ministry of Education and the police have launched an investigation at a high school in Kingston after it was revealed that a male teacher was allegedly involved in what is being labelled an 'improper exchange' with a group of female students....
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