Transport Authority's towaway policy
The Transport Authority has direct responsibility for regulating and monitoring public passenger transportation in Jamaica.
Steps to recover vehicles!
STEP 1: GO TO THE POUND - Collect a warning notice from the Transport Authority inspector / collect traffic ticket from the police.
Avoiding wrecking fees
Tom Benjamin (who does not want his real name disclosed) has been a taxi operator in the tourist capital since 2003 and admits to paying money to the police to allow him to operate his 'robot' (illegal) taxi without harassment."Is pressure from every...
Music triggers early sexual activity - study
Teenagers are identifying music, mainly of the dancehall genre, as a trigger for early sexual intercourse, according to a scientific study conducted by public policy analyst and doctoral candidate, Tazhmoye Crawford,...
WEEK THAT WAS (February 24-March 1)
WHILE POLICE did not slap handcuffs on the hands of Kern Spencer, the member of parliament for North East St Elizabeth was forced to sleep behind bars for three nights.He was jailed on Tuesday and during his unceremonial stay it was...
Peace endangered as 47 Palestinians killed
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP): Forty-seven Gazans, including as many as two dozen civilians, were killed as clashes between Israeli troops and Palestinian militants escalated yesterday into the deadliest day of violence in Gaza, since Islamic Hamas militants seized control there in June.
Entrepreneurship after retirement
The changing paradigms of economies across the globe have redefined how one works and at the end of it all, when does one 'retire' from work.
The elderly abandoned in nursing homes
Many of the nation's elderly, placed in the care of nursing homes, are living very lonely lives. In many cases their relatives have completely passed on the burden of care to others.
|
