MoBay's e-book centre opens
WESTERN BUREAU: JAMAICA IS poised to become a high-profile player in the e-book industry in the world of electronic commerce with the opening of the OverDrive Jamaica eBook Technology Centre, Montego Bay.

Nurses threaten protest over allowances
THE ISLAND'S government-employed nurses say they will protest if full payment of their allowances for tailoring and accessories is not made by today. The allowance is used to pay for uniforms, shoes and other accessories they wear on the job.

Claudia Kirschhoch ­ still a mystery a year later
WESTERN BUREAU: AMERICAN TRAVEL writer Claudia Kirschhoch's ill-fated visit to Jamaica last May was supposed to have been for only eight days, but twelve months later her mysterious disappearance is baffling even to local law...

Cop 'concerned' about murder figures
POLICE SUPERINTENDENT Frederick Will-iams has expressed concern that for the period January 31 to April this year, a total of 57 murders were committed in the St. Andrew South Division. "This is cause for concern since statistics for the nation show...