Big boost for education - NHT to inject $5b for school expansion islandwide
PRIME MINISTER P.J. Patterson yesterday announced that the National Housing Trust (NHT) is to make a $5 billion injection towards the Government's major programme to revolutionise the education sector.
US again dismisses lax ganja talks
THE UNITED States Government is maintaining its opposition to decriminalising the use of marijuana as is being contemplated in Jamaica.
Air Jamaica fate in St Lucia to be decided
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC: TOURISM MINISTER, Phillip J Pierre, says he is preparing to meet with officials of Air Jamaica to decide on the future operations of the airline in St. Lucia.
Another plea for a regional airline - Air Jamaica woes fuel call
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC: RESPECTED CARIBBEAN political scientist, Professor Neville Duncan, says Caribbean countries should now seriously consider the establishment of a regional airline in light of the current cash problems facing Air Jamaica.
No plans to reduce subsidies - Patterson
PRIME MINISTER P. J. Patterson yesterday dismissed claims that Jamaica's existing commitments to the 1995 General Agreement on Trade in Services, (GATS), could reduce or eliminate its financial subventions to local tertiary institutions...
Haiti bids to mend CARICOM relations
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC: HAITI'S FOREIGN Minister Herard Abraham left Trinidad yesterday for Barbados as part of efforts to persuade Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries to end the isolation of his country ...
Gov't to stop using schools as shelters
CITING WIDESPREAD vandalism, the Government has reiterated its intention to stop using schools as shelters during natural disasters. Dean Peart, Minister of Land and Environment, disclosed this during the opening ceremony...
Tension at CASE
STUDENTS AT the College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE) in Portland barricaded the entrance to the campus yesterday, claiming that the institution's administration is ineffective
Education Ministry funds youth organisations
SIX UNIFORMED youth organisations each received $300,000 in subventions to support their activities from the Ministry of Education Youth and Culture (MOEYC) on Monday.,...
Banana talks in Brussels
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC: BANANA OFFICIALS from the Caribbean are meeting in Brussels, Belgium, to examine critical issues affecting the industry. High on the agenda of the 'Second International Banana Conference', is ...
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