Lead poison alarm Cases climbing steadily
UNIVERSITY RESEARCHERS have detected a growing problem with lead poisoning in Kingston and St. Catherine, and up to yesterday 54 children under six years old had been diagnosed and some hospitalised.
Playing at death's door
SAMUEL HENRY, a pot maker for more than 20 years in Fraser's Content, St. Catherine, - one community which the International Centre for Environmental and Nuclear Sciences is studying at present - once used old battery shells...
Parliament opens today
GOVERNOR-GENERAL SIR Howard Cooke will deliver the throne speech today in a combined sitting of Parliament at Gordon House, signalling the start of a new legislative year.
New ID system at prisons
THE CORRECTIONAL Services Department is in the process of implementing a new identification system at the island's penal institutions to monitor persons visiting inmates at the prisons.
Not enough done to curb crime
OVER 56 per cent of all persons interviewed cite crime and violence as the biggest problem that the country faces at this time.
Performance pay pilot for teachers begins on Friday
THE MINISTRY of Education will on Friday launch its much-anticipated 'pilot programme' in a number of schools which could determine whether teachers' pay should ultimately be tied to performance in the classrooms.
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