Gov't, NTCS reach $338m settlement

THE GOVERNMENT through the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), will resume full control of the bus service in the Kingston Metropolitan Transport Region (KMTR) by April 20, Dr. Peter Phillips, Minister of Transport and Works, announced yesterday. A...

UWI approves new formula for tuition fees
THE UNIVERSITY of the West Indies has approved a new formula for the calculation of tuition fees. The approved formula merges the costs of all faculties by campus, except for Law, Engineering and Medical Sciences, to obtain the same fee for these...

EOJ prepared and ready

SOME 250 workers will take part in today's by-election in St. Ann North East in which a high voter turnout is expected, says Danville Walker, Director of Elections. The workers include presiding officers, poll clerks, supervisors and couriers who...

Shortfalls point to new taxes
CONSISTENTLY HIGH shortfalls in the funding of public cleansing, street-lighting and fire services, has triggered proposals from the Government for new taxation measures to sustain them. Minister of Local Government, Youth and Community Development...

No policy for schools with HIV infected students

THERE HAS been no further word on a Ministry of Education policy introduced last year to guide schools on how to interact with students living with or affected by HIV/AIDS. Dr. Deloris Brissett, head of the Ministry's Guidance and Counselling Unit...