National Water Commission (NWC) hunting rate increase
Jamaicans have been warned to expect increases in their water bills in the coming months. This will follow the tariff adjustment to be submitted by the National Water Commission by mid-month to the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR).
Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) puts new offer on table
Outgoing president of the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA), Ruel Reid, says his association would consider the Government's proposed salary offer if teachers are given an extra $600 per week.
Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) not backing MP paydecision
The pposition Jamaica Labour Party is distancing itself from a recent decision of the Parliamentary Salaries Review Committee, which recommended that parliamentarians be com-pensated on the basis of the second Memorandum of Under-standing (MoU2)...
Miss Lou to get official funeral
Jamaica's Cultural Ambassador Louise Bennett-Coverley is to be accorded an official funeral at the Coke Methodist Church in Kingston at 2 o'clock next week Wednesday. Information Minister, Senator Colin Campbell, made the disclosure...
Grave spot picked
AS JAMAICA fights desperately to hold back tears for a cultural legend, preparations for Miss Lou's final journey are on in earnest. Undertakers have already marked out the spot where her body will be interred.
Playfair killers' sentences cut
The three persons who were convicted in April 2003 of the murder of prominent attorney-at-law Shirley Playfair have lost their appeals, but were successful in having their prison terms significantly reduced. Mrs. Playfair was in her office...
PetroCaribe money patching roads - Shaw
Deputy leader of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), Audley Shaw, is accusing the Government of using PetroCaribe funds illegally to shore up its election chances. Contending that Government has ignored two legal procedures...
Icon: Miss lou - 'Ring Ding! Concert time!'
MANY persons who came of age or grew up in pre-Independence Jamaica became familiar with Louise 'Miss Lou' Bennett-Coverley's work through her stage work or radio folk programmes.
EU-sponsored project to boost water supply
Efforts by the Government to achieve universal access to potable water by 2010 yesterday received a boost with the launch of the European Union (EU)-funded National Water Commission (NWC) Institutional Strengthening Project.
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