Gasolene prices up
Oil crisis hits local economy hard
PETROJAM IS set to announce a $1.55 per litre increase in gas prices today, delivering another blow to Jamaicans hit by a developing oil crisis that has led to sharp increases in fuel costs over recent months.
Portmore man abducted
Ransom reduced for Gordon Town woman
A PORTMORE businessman yesterday became the third person kidnapped in less than a week.
Wolfe turns down venue change plea
CHIEF JUSTICE Lensley Wolfe yesterday turned down an application for a change of venue for the trial of the six policemen charged with the murder of seven young men in a house in Braeton, St. Catherine, on March 14, 2001.
Henry-Wilson condemns school violence
MAXINE HENRY-WILSON, Minister of Education, has condemned the violence currently affecting schools that she said were being transformed into volatile battlegrounds.
Private schools blast Ministry - Complaints of not getting recognition
ADMINISTRATORS OF independent schools said yesterday that these institutions were not adequately recognised or appreciated by the Ministry of Education as essential partners in the development of education.
'Gov't must spend more on small hoteliers'
OPPOSITION SPOKESMAN on Tourism, Edmund Bartlett, called on Government Tuesday to do more to help small hoteliers survive in an increasingly competitive tourism industry.
Fees for 'eLandjamaica' service
NOTICE WAS given in the House of Representatives on Tuesday of prescribed fees and charges to the public for access to selected land information from the National Land Agency's (NLA) Internet-based service.
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