Coke seekers storm Manchioneal
PORT ANTONIO, Portland: ONE HOUSE was burnt to the ground in Manchioneal and several people beaten between Wednesday night and early yesterday morning as several men converged on the town reportedly in search of cocaine taken ashore by fishermen...

Inmates deaths still puzzle MOH
THE MINISTRY of Health (MOH) has still not established what caused the illness and subsequent deaths of four inmates from the Hunts Bay police station over the last seven weeks. Acting Chief Medical Officer (CMO) in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Deanna...

Project to ensure food safety begins
THE PESTICIDES Control Authority (PCA) and the Ministries of Industry, Commerce and Technology and Agriculture have begun working on an Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) funded project aimed at ensuring food safety in Jamaica. According to...

Whiteman stresses primary education remains free

EDUCATION, YOUTH and Culture Minister, Senator Burchell Whiteman, has reiterated that primary education remains free of charge to parents and that no primary school should ask students to pay fees for attendance. "There are no fees for primary...