66% toll hikeon the table
Cabinet has accepted a proposal for toll rate increases of between 16.6 per cent and 66.6 per cent, but will now seek public approval before implementation on July 1.
Lewin places bet on community policing
While Police Commissioner Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin says there will be no reluctance on the part of police to use deadly force when necessary, he is adamant that community-based policing will be one of his main tools in...
Call to repair moral values
GOVERNMENT SENATOR Hyacinth Bennett has called for a moral rearmament campaign to address what she calls a moral vacuum that has been created in the country.Bennett, who opened the State of the Nation debate at Gordon House yesterday, said that campaign...
PAJ pays tribute to Norman Cuff
The Press Association of Jamaica (PAJ) yesterday joined the media fraternity in paying tribute to veteran journalist Norman Cuff, who died Thursday at home in Brown's Town, St Ann.The 55-year-old Cuff worked at various media houses as a reporter...
Farm queen gets her hands dirty
Her entrance into the agricultural sector was purely by choice. Now, she is reaping real rewards from making that decision and has achieved more than many twice her age.
GSAT selection process to be made public
Western Bureau: Minister of Education Andrew Holness is to outline the process by which the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) top performers are selected in an address to Parliament next Tuesday.The minister's intervention...
BRIEFS
Jack Daniel's Grill off tomorrow: The Jack Daniel's All Jamaica Grill Off, which takes place tomorrow, will see 14 teams competing for the title of Grand Champion Kings of The Grill.The venue for the event is the American International School of...
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