Educators support ministry's bid to ban corporal punishment
SOME EDUCATORS and parents are in support of the Ministry of Education's decision to ban corporal punishment from early childhood institutions, arguing that there are alternative ways of disciplining children.

Portmore body to select lawyers for toll road case
THE PORTMORE Citizens Advisory Committee (PCAC) will be meeting with prospective lawyers today to discuss legal action to be taken against the government of Jamaica over the imposition of the controversial Toll Road on their community.

Sts Peter and Paul extends hand of charity
THE SAINTS Peter and Paul Preparatory School cub pack (Junior Boy Scouts) made their annual Christmas charity visit to the Jamaican Christian Boys' Home on Oxford Road recently. The charity visit programme, headed by Assistant Chief...

Alpart awards five scholarships
BLACK RIVER, St Elizabeth: ALUMINA PARTNERS of Jamaica Limited (Alpart) awarded five students with scholarships at the company's annual parish luncheon held at the Alpart Sports Club in Nain St. Elizabeth last Thursday.

CCJ judge selection under fire
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC: THE CARIBBEAN chapters of the Global Organisation for People of Indian Origin (GOPIO) have criticised the selection of judges appointed to the soon to be inaugurated Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ).

Soldier slapped with wounding charges
CORPORAL MICHAEL Williams, the 31-year-old bodyguard of Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) chief of staff, Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin, was last night arrested and charged with several counts of shooting and wounding.