New passports ready within two to three months
NEW MACHINE-READABLE passports, first promised by the Government nearly six years ago to fight passport fraud, are being assembled and will be ready for distribution within the next two to three months, says Shirley Byfield, Information Officer at the...

12 more inmates discovered with HIV After screening at St Catherine District Prison
TWELVE MORE cases of HIV/AIDS have been discovered at the St. Catherine District Prison, following the recent screening of over 90 inmates at the institution. Director of the National HIV/STD Control Programme, Dr. Yitades Gebre, who confirmed the...

Police honoured for brave rescue
THREE MONTHS after they risked their lives to heroically save a 14-year-old Merl Grove High student, Detective Sergeants Paro Campbell and Elwig Cameron were honoured Monday night by the Kiwanis Club of St. Andrew. "We think it was a fitting way to...

Screw worm inspection under way in parishes
VETERINARIANS AND field officers from the National Screw worm Eradication Programme (NSEP), yesterday started a programme of inspecting animals, mainly dogs, in a number of inner-city communities in Kingston and St. Andrew. Standpipe in St. Andrew...