'Form a Line' project to be launched June 21
JUNE 21 HAS been proclaimed the official launch date for the 'Form a Line' project, the second phase of a national programme aimed at encouraging discipline and courtesy in the transportation sector, by encouraging commuters to form lines...

Dalley urges international community to help in improved HIV/AIDS care
MUCH HAS BEEN DONE He pointed out that through the wide-ranging efforts of individual countries and the international community, much had been achieved in the five years since the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS.

Portmore Highway to open July 13
THE PORTMORE leg of Highway 2000 is to be officially opened on July 13, with consultations on the issue of the toll charge set to conclude next week, as the Government continues discussions with representatives from that St. Catherine community.

Compact fluorescent lamps for police stations
BY THE end of this fiscal year, some 182 police stations across the island will be retrofitted with energy saving compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs). The programme was initiated by the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica in 2004, based on concerns...

Government of Jamaica bats for Bahia Principe action
THE GOVERNMENT is supporting the application brought by the Spanish owners of the Bahia Principe Hotel, who are seeking an order to set aside the order quashing the environmental permit. The hotel is under construction at Pear Tree Bottom, Runaway Bay...

Major crimes drop in May
WESTERN BUREAU: POLICE CRIME statistics released yesterday show a decline in the number of major crimes committed during the month of May. A total of 672 major crimes - murders, shooting, rape, carnal abuse, robbery, break ins and larceny...