MAJ responds to injunction on Gleaner

THE COURT'S decision last week to grant an injunction barring the publishing of an article in The Gleaner is deeply regretted, says the head of the Media Association of Jamaica (MAJ), Newton James. Mr. James said especially in light of the fact that...

Little Miss Lawrence goes to Washington

SHE'S POLITE but her quiet disposition belies her creative abilities. She lives in the quiet, but nondescript community of Retreat, just past the St. Thomas capital of Morant Bay.

No early elections - PNP

PRIME MINISTER P.J. Patterson yesterday dismissed talks of early elections by the Opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), when he addressed the regular meeting of National Executive Council (NEC) of the governing People's National Party at Vere...

Ministry to take new approach to squatting

MINISTER OF Water and Housing, Dr. Karl Blythe, says that his Ministry will not assist any person or group of persons who proceeded to squat on other people's lands after February, 2000. Dr. Blythe who was speaking in the Sectoral Debate in the House...