Nothing too bad about Golden Spring
In a small, roadside shop in Golden Spring, St Andrew, Earnest James, who readily answers to the name Toe Point, is searching for a $5 coin in the pockets of his tattered, green trousers. In front of him, Annette, the 20-something-year-old shopkeeper...
Court battle brews over Thomas' compensation
A LEGAL battle is looming between the Attorney General's Department and former executive director of the Bureau of Standards Jamaica, Dr Omer Thomas, as the Government moves to recover an $8-million compensation package paid to him when he left the organisation ...
Brace for school-fee hike
Parents of secondary-school children are this year forced to dig deeper to pay auxiliary fees, with at least one school charging $15,500. When the Government last year abolished tuition fees in secondary schools, many parents expected a reprieve from exorbitant rates...
UTech goes high-tech - University gets multimillion-dollar equipment
The University of Technology's (UTech) ability to make tablets, identify counterfeit medicines, and conduct other scientific research, was yesterday bolstered by the donation of several state-of-the-art equipment, valued at US$5 million (J$350...
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