Simpson Miller promises action in NSWMA mismanagement
LOCAL GOVERNMENT Minister Portia Simpson Miller came under heavy fire last night from forceful Opposition Members of Parliament (MPs) seeking answers to a report tabled on the beleaguered National Solid Waste Management Authority...

Meter-testing war heats up - JPS says it will not drop lawsuit against Bureau of Standards
THE WAR of words between the Jamaica Public Service Company Limited (JPS) and the Bureau of Standards of Jamaica (BSJ) over the testing of electricity meters is heating up.

Wireless technology running land phones aground
JAMAICANS' INCREASING preference for wireless technology has forced Government to abandon plans to install 217,000 new telephone landlines over a three-year period, Phillip Paulwell, Minister of Commerce, Science and Technology has said.

Doc's rape case continues
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Hugh Thompson yesterday cross-examined the complainant in the rape and indecent assault case against 31-year-old gynaecologist Dr. Matt Myrie, for two-and-a-half hours.

Police sick-out continues
HUNDREDS OF rank-and-file policemen and women stayed off the job for a second consecutive day yesterday, as they continue to press the Government for a better wage and fringe benefits offer.

Collapsing legacy
"P.J PATTERSON runs the risk of going down in history as the worst and most ineffective Prime Minister of Jamaica," writes an analyst who reviewed the Prime Minister's 13 years in office.

Five awarded for hard work, dedication
YEARS OF hard work and unselfish dedication to voluntary service did not go without recognition for the five persons who yesterday received this year's prestigious Governor-General's Achievement Award for the county of Middlesex.

Genius science project lauded
KENNETH HALL pro-vice-chancellor of the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona campus, has praised the Generating Genius science education project as an initiative to reverse male underachievement in the field.