Returning residents body gives Portland back-to-school treat
MORE THAN 2,000 students received a special treat and a treasure trove of back-to-school items from Percival Latouche, president of the Returning Residents Associa-tion in eastern Portland, recently.

Skills training to counter crime in St James
WESTERN BUREAU: DR. HORACE Chang, Member of Parliament for the volatile North West St. James constituency, maintains that a social intervention programme is needed among the crime management strategies to stem the high level of crimes...

Jamaica Constabulary steps up drive to recruit new cops
THE JAMAICA Constabulary Force (JCF) will intensify its drive to recruit 1,500 new members at the end of January, Gilbert Scott, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of National Security, said yesterday.

Alpart presents annual scholarships
ALUMINUM PARTNERS (ALPART) yesterday presented its annual university and college scholarship awards for undergraduate studies to seven students from the company's operating areas in St. Elizabeth and Manchester Awards for studies at the University...

Kraal Basic School to get facelift
MEMBER OF Parliament for North West Clarendon, Richard Azan, has said that an allocation of funds from the Culture, Health, Arts, Sports and Education, (C.H.A.S.E.) fund will see construction work beginning this week...

Improved water for rural areas in Jamaica
SEVERAL COMMUNITIES across the island served by the National Water Commission (NWC) are to benefit from improved water supply and sewerage services with the receipt of pipes and equipment...

Former Jamaica Gleaner staff nurse dies
FORMER STAFF nurse at The Gleaner, Leonie Hendriks, passed away peacefully on Friday, December 30. Her former co-workers remember Hendriks, who served the Gleaner Company for over 17 years, as a beautiful person who was always smiling.