JCF shake-up - Commissioner reassigns 36 senior members
Police Commissioner Lucius Thomas has reassigned 36 senior members of the officer corps of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), in a major shake-up designed to tackle escalating crime which is threatening to reverse gains made by the police...
Move to monitor communicable diseases during Cricket World Cup
The Ministry of Health is re-establishing health desks at the Norman Manley and Sangster International airports during the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007, which begins next month.The stations, which will be manned by public health nurses, with a doctor...
Jamaica and Brazil sign sugar agreements
The governments of Jamaica and Brazil have both signed off on two agreements aimed at assisting the modernisation of the local sugar industry, the development of ethanol, and technical cooperation in tropical fruit ...
ck - Impasse on reinstatement of Errol Greene
Up to late yesterday, there was still no word on the decision of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) regarding the reinstatement of Executive Director, Errol Greene.A meeting of the board was held yesterday to discuss the issue.
Bog Walk traffic changes shelved
The Local Organising Committee (LOC) for Cricket World Cup has scrapped plans to transform the roadway through the Bog Walk gorge and Mount Rosser into a one way thoroughfare, in order to accommodate the expected large volume of traffic...
Jamaica still UNEP's Caribbean headquarters
The Government on Monday renewed an agreement with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), for the UN body to continue to host the Regional Coordinating Unit (RCU) in Kingston.Dean Peart, Minister of Local Government and Community Development...
Human trafficking under watch
As preparations continue for the hosting of the ICC Cricket World Cup that begins next month, several law enforcement officers are now undergoing a special two-day training seminar on 'trafficking in persons'. Minister of Justice A.J....
UWI honours Professor Lalor
The building now occupied by the International Centre for Environmental and Nuclear Sciences (ICENS), on the Mona campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI), has been named in honour of its founder, renowned Jamaican scientist, Professor Gerald...
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