JUTC wage talks near settlement
PAY TALKS between the University and Allied Workers Union (UAWU) and the debt-ridden Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) has moved closer to reaching a settlement.

One-week delay for teachers' pay
THE ISLAND'S more than 22,000 teachers will not receive this month's salary, due today, until next week.

Murder baffles cops in 'Sav'
WESTERN BUREAU: THE WESTMORELAND police are yet to make a breakthrough in their investigations into Wednesday night's murder of a security guard in Savanna-la-Mar.

Ministry of Health continues surveillance for West Nile Virus
DIRECTOR OF Health Promotion and Protection at the Ministry of Health, Dr. Deanna Ashley, has said that the Ministry was continuing its surveillance programme for the West Nile Virus (WNV) in Jamaica...

24 JPs sworn in
TWENTY FOUR persons were sworn in as Justices of the Peace (JPs) at the Pentecostal Gospel Temple on Windward Road, East Kingston on Tuesday by Custos of St Andrew, Dr. Carmen Stewart.

Women's Affairs expresses concern about girl's murder
THE BUREAU of Women's Affairs has expressed concern and regret on the recent abduction and brutal murder of 12-year-old Janealle Blair of Old Harbour, St. Catherine.

Co-operative bank's relocation sparks protest
SPANISH TOWN, St. Catherine: ABOUT 300 customers demonstrated in front of the St. Andrew Integrated People's Co-operative Bank (formerly the Glengoffe People's Co-operative Bank), St. Catherine on Wednesday...