Demand mounts for fresh JAS poll

The loser in last week's election for the post of Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) president is demanding fresh elections following allegations that the ballot was neither free nor fair.

FTC probes Shell gas deal
The Fair Trading Commission (FTC) is investigating claims by members of the Jamaica LPG Distributors Association that Shell W.I. Limited is trying to price them out of the cooking gas market.

$1m to protect witnesses
The Government has spent just over $1 million since January resettling threatened witnesses who were involved in criminal proceedings.

DPT immunisation rate at 88%
Jamaica has recorded an 88 per cent rate among children who have received three doses of the immunisation diphtheria/pertussis/tetanus (DPT). The regional average is 86 per cent.