Student patrols - Police target delinquents in Kingston
The police were kept busy in downtown Kingston yesterday morning trying to round up students who were seemingly prepared to miss school for the day. After more than an hour, the police held nine girls and a boy - dressed in uniform - from one high school, who were absconding....
Government of Jamaica launches AIDS workplace policy
In a recent report from the United Nations Development AIDS programme, of the 27,000 Jamaicans living with HIV, it is estimated that 18,000 are unaware of their status. In an attempt to mitigate the impact of HIV/AIDS on the island, a national HIV/AIDS Workplace...
Scotia hits new profit record - But cautious about growth in 2009
Scotia Group Jamaica Limited has outdone itself again, reporting another year of record profit that grew by $2 billion, to trounce chief rival National Commercial Bank, but the Canadian owned banking group fell just short of the anticipated $10-billion mark...
Vauxhall U-19s take Corporate area title
VAUXHALL HIGH won their first Inter-Secondary Schools Association's (ISSA)/Digicel Corporate Area Under-19 netball title with an exciting 18-16 victory over Ardenne at the Leila Robinson Courts yesterday. Defending champions Tarrant captured the third-place prize...
EDITORIAL - Rethink UWI subsidies
Last year, 341 Jamaicans graduated with first degrees in medicine at the Mona campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI). This was over 93 per cent of all graduates from Mona's medical school and 14 per cent of all Jamaicans, who left the campus with first degrees...
LETTER OF THE DAY - Leaders should vote conscience always
The Editor, Sir:The members of the Lower House of the Jamaican Parliament were called upon to use their conscience. Conscience is a person's inner sense of what is right or what is wrong morally. My struggle with the term conscience vote is that it gives the impression ...
More of Mojah
The demand for Fanton Mojah among promoters in Europe, the Caribbean, South Africa and the United States is increasing steadily, especially since the release of his new album, Stronger, on Greensleeves Records....
Dèjá Vu at Round Hill
The second city came alive on Wednesday evening when Dèjá Vu showed its collection for the bold and beautiful people. The event took place at the Pine-apple Room at the Round Hill Hotel.
