JUTC calls for help on routes
THE POLICE are examining proposals to beef up their presence on at least seven troublesome Jamaica Urban Transit Com-pany (JUTC) bus routes. The seven routes are: 30 (Pembroke Hall); 32 (Duhaney Park); 70 (Three Mile); 77 (August Town); 78 (August...

'Worker' definition debate nears end
THE TRIPARTITE Labour Advisory Committee (LAC) is expected to make a final decision on how worker should be defined in the Labour Relations and Industrial Disputes Act (LRIDA), when it meets again next week. At the last LAC meeting, May 3, the...

NDM conference to cost $1.2m

THE NATIONAL Democratic Movement (NDM) will spend $1.2 million to stage its sixth annual conference inside the Jamaica Conference Centre on Sunday, Gregory Mair, NDM general secretary said on Monday. At the end of voting Sunday, the party will have a...

Truce near in Alpart dispute
WESTERN BUREAU: ALUMINA PARTNERS of Jamaica (Alpart) executives yesterday appeared confident of a truce in their dispute with the residents of Stephen's Run over the level and type of compensation the company was willing to pay for damage caused by...

Times Store to close

TIMES STORE, one of Kingston's landmark stationery, household and cosmetics supplies outlets at 8-12 King Street, will be pulling down its shutters permanently at the end of next month. The chief executive officer of the company, George Faria...