Load-shedding ends but...

THE PROGRAMME of load-shedding, initiated by the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPSCo) following the loss of three major generating units, has ended but there are still risks of interruptions, Minister of Mining and Energy, Robert Pickersgill told the...

Basic schools get 'fix up'

IT WAS a day of brilliant sunshine, warm weather perfect for a trip to the beach, but several thousand Jam-aicans instead joined hands to "fix up" basic schools and other areas in communities across the island, in celebration of Labour Day 2001...

Agri-sector bottom has dropped out - Hutchinson

JAMAICA LABOUR Party (JLP) spokesman on agriculture, J.C. Hutchinson, says that "the bottom has dropped out" of the agriculture sector under the leadership of the current Government. "There is no longer a hole in the agricultural bucket, the bottom...

Gov't aims to improve trade with China
DELEGATES OF the China Council for the Promotion of International Commerce (CCIPC) ended a four-day visit to the island last week after a series of talks with government and private sector leaders aimed at improving trade and bilateral relations...