More EU sugar aid Financial assistance for reform policy
BRUSSELS, Belgium: JAMAICA AND other African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries are to get more financial support from the European Union (EU) as it prepares to implement its Sugar Reform Policy. The policy will see a 36 per cent reduction...

Active hurricane season predicted
FORECASTERS FROM the United States-based National Aeronautics and Space Administration say La Niña, a weather phenomenon that increases Atlantic hurricane activity and decreases Pacific Ocean hurricanes, is not likely to influence this year's...

Prime Minister demands full report on 'cop beating'
A FULL report on the alleged beating of a woman in Half-Way Tree, St. Andrew, on Wednesday, by two senior members of the Island Special Constabulary Force (ISCF), is expected on the desk of Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller by noon...

Bleaching concern cops Silver Pen
MARK CLARKE, maintenance technician at APM Terminals in Kingston, says he is concerned with the growing cases of skin bleaching among Jamaican men and women. It was this concern that prompted Mr. Clarke to write a letter to the editor in February.

Public Defender to demit office in June
PUBLIC DEFENDER Howard Hamilton is to demit that office on June 9. According to Mr. Hamilton, who turns 70 on that same day, there are no indications yet as to who will replace him. In the meantime, Mr. Hamilton said he was pleased...

Public Defender takes on Glenhope case
PUBLIC DEFENDER Howard Hamilton has intervened in the case at the Glenhope Place of Safety in Kingston where two wards of the state died in separate incidents. Speaking yesterday morning on 'Independent Talk' on Power 106, the Public Defender offered...

Roaring River relocation lands being processed
WESTERN BUREAU: THE SUB-DIVISION plan for 55 acres of land, earmarked for the relocation of Roaring River residents in Westmoreland, has been submitted to the Westmoreland Parish Council for approval. "The sub-division plans are being processed...

US's Delta Airlines flies to Jamaica
UNITED STATES-based Delta Airlines is to start non-stop flights from Jamaica to Atlanta on June 1. The company is targeting Jamaicans who conduct business in Atlanta, a commercial hub where a significant portion of the diaspora is concentrated.

EOJ reverification process extended until tomorrow
THE ELECTORAL Office of Jamaica (EOJ) has extended the reverification process for persons who failed to meet the March 31 deadline until tomorrow. The special hearings, which began on Monday, were scheduled to end on Wednesday but in an effort...