Obesity in Government on a starvation diet! (Part II)
"THE PLANS of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty," Proverbs 21:5. In Part I of this article, a summary look was taken of the seriousness of Jamaica's current economic circumstance; financial strictures; low production...

Students, youngsters illegally armed - cops
ST. MARY: POPULAR ENTERTAINER and high school student Shane-O, knew what he was saying when he recorded his song "Too much guns in the streets."This as a significant number of illegal weapons are being carried to school by teenagers and other youngsters.

Bus driver spends five days in jail for 'traffic offence'
A MINIBUS driver whose driver's licence and motor vehicle docu-ments were seized by a policeman for an alleged traffic offence had to spend five days in jail this month before he was able to take up his $70,000 bail.

Tearful farewell for Levonna Gordon
SPANISH TOWN, St. Catherine: AN EMOTIONAL farewell was held on the weekend for slain Hydel Prep student Levonna Gordon, who was shot and killed on March 2 this year, along the Hartlands main road in St. Catherine.

UWI - ENROLMENT AT MONA OVER 15,000 STUDENTS
Enrolment at the University of West Indies (UWI), Mona for the 2005-2006 academic year now stands at just over 15,000 students. This represents a four per cent increase in registration for last year and a 13 per cent increase...

University of the West Indies (UWI) survey on the homeless to begin soon
ST. ELIZABETH: A SURVEY on street persons by the University of the West Indies, in the parishes of Clarendon, Manchester and St. Elizabeth, should be well on its way in these three locations.

Students' Loan Bureau offers more options to students
WONDERING WHERE the money will be coming from to pay the tuition fees? Well, the Students' Loan Bureau (SLB) has launched two revolutionary student loan products that will increase access to higher education for students at the undergraduate...

The dangers of trans fat
TRANS FATTY acids, also known as trans fats, are formed when vege-table oils are hardened into margarine or shortening. This process is called hydro-genation and involves bubbling a gas called hydrogen into various vegetable oils like corn...