Another Solid Waste stink! - Contractors demanding more than $100m owed to them by Government over an eight-year period - State Minister says it is shameful that the Gov't owes the contractors
ANOTHER STINK is rising at the Government's garbage collection company - the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) - which is threatening to embarrass the Ministry of Local Government once again. This latest saga, which involves 50 contractors whom the NSWMA reportedly owes..
Jamaican police insist Woolmer was strangled
JAMAICAN POLICE are maintaining that Pakistan's cricket coach Bob Woolmer was strangled amid reports of claims by the Pakistani press that two investigators from that country have said that local police are yet to establish conclusive evidence...
Judge upset over closure of criminal court
Senior Puisne Judge Marva McIntosh said yesterday that she was disturbed and upset that one of the four criminal courts at the Home Circuit Court will be closed this week. Four murder cases which were set for trial were put off because of applications made by defence lawyers....
Seaga: Teachers who serve in hardship areas deserve more
FORMER PRIME Minister Edward Seaga says teachers who work in depressed areas should be given additional incentives because of the traumatic experience they undergo daily and the extra efforts they have to put in to achieve results...
JTA: Read a book to a child
Today is being observed as Read Across Jamaica Day and the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) is appealing to parents and other members of the society to read a book to a child. This effort, the JTA said, is to develop in children a love for reading...
UK's Foreign Affairs Minister to visit Jamaica
Dr. Kim Howells, the United Kingdom's (U.K.) Minister of State in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), will be arriving in the island today for a two-day visit. While in the island, Dr. Howells is expected to have discussions about regional and international security...
No international observers for election, says Walker
DESPITE FEARS of what could be a violent general election this year, the Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ) says the country is not likely to have any international observer groups monitoring the upcoming elections...
'Bleach still leading poison agent'
THE CARIBBEAN Poison Information Network (CARPIN) has reported that household bleach continues to be the number one source of poisoning among Jamaicans, especially children. Speaking at a press briefing yesterday, hosted by the association, chairman of CARPIN's management...
Another PNP councillor to resign?
There are more worries for the People's National Party (PNP) in Manchester with news that the party's councillor/candidate for the Newport division, Michael Stewart, could resign this week because of family commitments. Mr. Stewart, the principal of the Porus High School...
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