Gomes blasts reinstatement
HUMAN RIGHTS lobby group Jamaicans For Justice (JFJ) says it is deeply dismayed at the reinstatement of Senior Superintendent of Police Reneto Adams to the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). According to JFJ Executive Director Dr. Carolyn Gomes...

Salary rise for MPs - Politicians' pay hike to be determined next week
BY NEXT week the country will know the level of salary increases to be granted to Cabinet ministers, junior ministers, Members of Parliament, mayors and councillors. Fitz Jackson, State Minister for Finance and Planning, said...

Jamaica Teachers Association (JTA) says no to rookies - Urges review of new graduates as basic school principals
A GOVERNMENT Review of its policy of hiring new teachers' college graduates as principals of early childhood institutions should be urgently placed on the table according to Ruel Reid, president of the Jamaica Teachers Association (JTA).

Cops look to glam up uniform
IF SOME influential officers in the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) have their way, members of the 141-year-old institution and its auxiliary could soon be sporting a new look, specifically, redesigned uniforms.

Flankers murder trial put off till June 19
COMPLAINTS BY defence lawyers yesterday that there were still outstanding documents to be served on them in the Flankers murder case resulted in the trial being put off to June 19. Four policemen and a policewoman are charged...

Falmouth braces for gang flare-up
WESTERN BUREAU: THERE ARE fears that yesterday's shooting of two teenagers, one fatally, by gunmen during separate incidents in Falmouth could renew hostilities between feuding gangs in that town. The dead teen has been identified as 15-year-old Lennon...

'Jamaicans must invest in education and training'
DR. WESLEY Hughes, director general of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), has pointed to the need for long-term investment in education and training to create an educated workforce that could respond to changes in industry.

Farmers benefit from bauxite programme
ABOUT 30,000 farmers have benefited from a Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI)-initiated programme to grow cash crops on reclaimed bauxite lands. Since 1996, the JBI has provided 700,000 seedlings to farmers under its programme to boost agricultural...

National Water Commission (NWC) admits to standards breaches - Sewerage systems not making grade
THE NATIONAL Water Commission (NWC) has conceded to claims made by the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) that several of its sewerage systems have perennially failed to meet stipulated standards set by National Environment and Planning Agency.

Prime Minister of Jamaica lobbies for more loans to poor nations
PRIME MINISTER Portia Simpson Miller, yesterday spoke at the launch of a project in Washington, D.C. to increase the amount of loan funding available to poor communities in the Americas through private sector partnerships.

Glenhope report to be ready by month-end
THE PUBLIC should know by month-end how a two-year-old ward of the state died at the Glenhope Place of Safety in St. Andrew, last month. The three-member review committee probing the death is expected to submit its findings to the Ministry of Health...