No fruit flies in Ja - Clarke
Minister of Agriculture Roger Clarke has given the assurance that there is no trace of the Mediterranean Fruit Fly in Jamaica.

UWI professor says male dominance a myth
PROFESSOR OF Social History at the Mona Campus of the University of the West Indies, Verene Shepherd, has said that it is a myth that males are better at subjects that require perception, intuition and reasoning.

Top speakers for MoBay Optimist confab
THE FIRST quarter conference of the Caribbean District of Optimist International takes place at the Holiday Inn Sunspree Hotel in Montego Bay from Friday, November 29 to Sunday, December 1...

Goat farm for Roehampton
THE JAMAICA 4-H Clubs is to establish a second goat farm in St. Elizabeth at Roehampton, at a cost of $700,000. The first one was set up at Warminster.

Tough period for Jamaican economy - Melhado
OCHO RIOS, St. Ann PRESIDENT OF Manufacturers Sigma Merchant Bank Peter Melhado is predicting a tough period for the Jamaican economy over the next couple of years.

Three on gun charges
THREE MEN were arrested for breaches of the Firearms Act in Kingston on Monday.

Several changes for Montego Bay ports
WESTERN BUREAU: Several changes are to be implemented at the ports in Montego Bay by next week in response to calls by port users for improvement to its infrastructure.

Businessman murdered
A 41-YEAR-OLD businessman was shot dead and his licensed firearm stolen by unknown assailant(s) at Fairmount district, Sheffield in Westmoreland on Monday night. He has been identified as Elvis Whyte otherwise called "Sekie" of Rocky Hill in the parish.

Alleged gunman killed, cop injured in shootout
A RUNNING gun battle between members of a police party and a 26-year-old man who was on the Central Kingston police's 'Most Wanted' ended with the gunman dead and a police constable shot and injured, along Gold Street, Monday afternoon.

Jamaica Civil Service honours 537 for long service
When Enid Wint, a physically challenged nurse from the Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay, made her way to the head of the queue to receive her medal at Kings House on Wednesday, November 20, she received a thunderous applause from the audience.