'They are liars!' - Pickersgill denies claim that Portmore protesters were threatened
ROBERT PICKERSGILL, minister of transport and works, flatly denied allegations that government employees on the executive body of the Portmore Joint Citizens' Association were threatened that they could lose their jobs if they went ahead with protest...
Reforming eduication - Don't relent on quality
SO FAR, public discussion of the educational task force report has tended to focus on the issue of placing teachers on a pay-for-performance system. But this highly dubious proposal is only one of many made in the report.
Reinforced refuge - Jamaica seeks to strengthen witness protection programme
GOVERNMENT IS in discussion with its British counterpart to find ways to strengthen the country's witness protection programme.
Blame the church!
SOME RELIGIOUS leaders are putting the blame for the rising murder rate squarely at the feet of the Church, as they claim the island is facing 'spiritual' warfare and the answer is beyond the capabilities of the police and the government...
Control your own destiny, PAJ tells media workers
THE PRESS Association of Jamaica has described as backward the position taken by the Media Association of Jamaica (MAJ) against Nationwide News Network's decision to buy broadcast time from the state-owned Kool FM.
I have the qualities of a good leader - Portia
AS THE People's National Party's second-tier leaders position themselves to take over the leadership of the PNP, there are signs that Local Government and Sports Minister Portia Simpson Miller and her team have started to rally their troops...
When Burke's shockwaves rocked the Arena
THE ADVENT of Hurricane Ivan on September 10, 2004 caused the People's National Party (PNP) 66th annual conference to be postponed until January 22, 2005. What would then be a three-day conference was watered down to one day.
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