No parking! Mayor McKenzie cleans up parking in downtown
NO ILLEGALLY parked vehicle was spared as Kingston's Mayor Desmond McKenzie led a no-holds-barred campaign against illegal parking in downtown Kingston on Monday morning.

Registrar General's Department (RGD) launches application tracking system
SPANISH TOWN, St. Catherine: THE REGISTRAR General's Department (RGD) has launched an Application Tracking System (ATS),its newest customer service improvement initiative. Customers will no longer be required to complete physical application forms...

Montego Bay baited for rats
AS THE St. James Public Health Service steps up its drive to eradicate rodents and reduce the risk of leptospirosis, a disease spread by the rodents, widespread baiting has been carried out in urban Montego Bay, St. James.

Issa Trust, Iowa hospital host fundraiser for children's clinic
JAMAICAN CHILDREN will have much to hope for as the Issa Trust Foundation and Blank Children's Hospital (Iowa), will hold a fundraiser in June to raise money for the foundation's annual children's clinic. The clinic, which we be held in September...

Expanded network of delegates for second Jamaican Diaspora Conference
DOUGLAS ORANE, the chairman of the Diaspora Conference organising committee, said this year's event is expected to be bigger and better than its first staging. The second Jamaican Diaspora Conference, which is being held under the same theme...

Tuition fees go up at University of the West Indies (UWI)
THE UNIVERSITY of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, has increased tuition fees for the 2006/2007 academic year by eight per cent across all faculties. This decision was taken during the UWI Council's annual business meeting held at the Mona campus last week.

Ken Bilby and the 'True-Born Maroons'
KENNETH M. BILBY, not a well-known name in Jamaica, will be by virtue of his incredible dedication to Jamaican history and culture. I first heard of him in the early 80s when Beverley Hall-Alleyne, then head of the African Caribbean Institute...