Scared to talk - Children affected by AIDS do not trust guidance counsellors
Some children affected by HIV/AIDS say they do not confide in guidance counsellors and teachers out of fear that their personal information will be revealed to other persons. Some advocates have therefore urged that stiffer penalties be levied against educators...
Virgin Atlantic slips into Air Jamaica's London slots
Virgin Atlantic has successfully acquired Air Jamaica's London route, a respected London newspaper has reported.According to the Telegraph, the airline staved off competition from British Airways to earn a code-sharing deal with the national airline for the London to Kingston...
Auditor General asks PAC to study backlog of reports
Auditor General Adrian Strachan has suggested that the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament examine simultaneously a backlog of reports submitted by his office to that committee, when it completes its investigation into the Sandals Whitehouse...
PAC members at odds over report
Members of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament spent much time yesterday trying to determine whether a minority report should be submitted along with a majority report into the Sandals Whitehouse affair. There was sharp disagreement betweenGovernment and Opposition...
Reunion ends in mourning
A REUNION of childhood friends ended in tragedy for a 26-year-old man in the east Kingston community of Waterloo Road on Monday evening. Miguel Wilson, a welder from nearby Langston Road, was killed when a group of men drove through Waterloo Road just before 8:30 p.m....
Bath Botanical to bloom today
Today, at least 1,000 Jamaicans will converge at Bath Botanical Gardens in St. Thomas to rehabilitate and revitalise the historical site that was pledged this year's National Labour Day project. The one-acre garden, said to be the first place where a breadfruit tree...
Upgrading to be done on Montego Bay cruise ship terminal by August
WESTERN BUREAU: The Port Authority of Jamaica's upgrading work on the Montego Bay Cruise Ship terminal should be completed by August 2009 at a cost of US$80 million. Ground investigations and preliminary designs have already started...
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