Sanctions loom in cement saga
DESPITE ACCEPTING responsibility and apolo-gising for releasing 500 tonnes of faulty cement into the market earlier this year, Caribbean Cement Company Limited (CCCL) is now facing the possibility of heavy penalties under law.

Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) still unhappy with wage offer
The Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) yesterday received a full response on salary and fringe benefits for the island's more than 20,000 teachers, but is still dissatisfied with the offer. JTA President Ruel Reid said...

Chilean President to visit Jamaica
CHILEAN PRESIDENT Michelle Bachelet will arrive in Jamaica next Friday at the Norman Manley International Airport to begin a working visit. The President, who will be accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Alejandro Foxley...

Truck breakdown delays Andem trial date
SOME PRISONERS, including the two co-accused of 42-year-old reputed gang leader Joel Andem, were not taken to court yesterday. It was reported that the prisoner truck had broken down. When Andem appeared in the Home Circuit Court yesterday...

Top-class training for CARICOM policemen
WESTERN BUREAU: THE CARIBBEAN Community (CARICOM) is embarking on a drive to provide top-level training for the police forces in all member-states in the region, through the Council of Ministers of National Security.

Phillips in UK seeking more World Cup help
MINISTER OF National Security Dr. Peter Phillips flew to London yesterday to lobby for greater resources to improve security in participating countries during Cricket World Cup 2007. Regional heads requested that Dr. Phillips...

Crisis swirls over sugar
GLOOM HANGS over the sugar industry as the authorities scramble to avert a total shutdown of the sector following the National Commercial Bank's withdrawal of financial support from the cash-strapped Sugar Company of Jamaica...

Carter Center ends stint, hails progress
AFTER SOME seven years in the field, the Carter Center will close its local office in Jamaica after setting the foundation for a hopeful culture of access to information. "We saw the passage of a good (Access to Information) Act...

Jamaica inches up on blacklist - US upgrades trafficking status
A NEW United States report has placed Jamaica on its Tier Two Watch List for Trafficking in Persons, an improvement from the bottom-place ranking it received last year, but still warned Government to do more to protect vulnerable groups.