Abortion review - Medical fraternity calls for changes to current legislation
FACED WITH the rising incidence of death and illness of women having unsafe abortions, the Medical Council of Jamaica said yesterday that it would present a policy statement within six months to the Ministry of Health to facilitate the review...
Phillips declares candidacy
FLANKED BY family members and cheered on by scores of enthusiastic supporters, Minister of National Security Dr. Peter Phillips last night officially declared his candidacy to succeed P.J. Patterson as party leader and prime minister.
Start your degree through long distance learning
WANT TO start your degree in April with some amount of flexibility? Well, the Caribbean International College, which is the tertiary arm of Maths Unlimited, will be offering university access and university level programmes through supervised...
KPH urges debt settlement
THE KINGSTON Public Hospital (KPH) is warning ex-patients, owing in excess of a hundred million dollars, to settle their debt or have an encounter with a bailiff.
Convention centre to become a reality
WESTERN BUREAU: WHILE THERE is still uncertainty as to how soon the facility will become a reality, members of the Montego Bay business community are overjoyed with the news that the western city is now on track to get the long promised...
'Do more for inner-city residents'
KNOWN FOR his work in fighting for better living conditions for the residents of Jamaica's inner-city communities, Kingsley Thomas, head of the Development Bank of Jamaica and chairman of the National Housing Trust (NHT), has called for...
Inspectors Branch Board moves to settle election dispute
FAILURE YESTERDAY by the parties involved in the dispute over the election of officers last year to the Inspectors Branch Board of the Jamaica Police Federation to arrive at an out of court settlement, has resulted in the motion being set...
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