PM seeks cheaper medicine from CubaWESTERN BUREAU:
Prime Minister Bruce Golding says the Government is in discussions with Cuba to source cheaper and better quality medication.
According to Golding, the high cost of prescription drugs in Jamaica continues to be a challenge for the Government in ensuring an effective health care system.
He was speaking recently at a function to mark the Pharmaceutical Society of Jamaica's 80th anniversary celebration at the Rose Hall Resort and Country Club in Montego Bay, St James.
Court turns down labourer's appealThe Court of Appeal has turned down an application by 28-year-old labourer, Kevin Mayne, to adduce fresh evidence that he suffered from a personality disorder and should not have been convicted of the murder of taxi driver Valerie Williams, of Christiana, Manchester.
Mayne was relying on a report last year from psychiatrist consultant, Dr Carol McDaniel, that because of his mental retardation from a head injury when he was 11 years old, he was not responsible for his acts in being a party to the murder.
Mayne and Jeffrey Miller were convicted in November 1999 for the October 30, 1997 murder of the taxi driver.
