Access to Information competition under way - Twelve high schools across the island participating
TWELVE HIGH schools across the island are participating in a competition which will see dozens of students using the Access to Information (ATI) Act to get information relating to their communities and the country in general.

'Trinity' orders audit of security firms in the West - To determine how companies keep and store firearms
WESTERN BUREAU: ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER of Police, Keith 'Trinity' Gardner, the officer in charge of the Area One Police Division, has ordered an immediate audit of security companies in the parishes of Trelawny, St. James, Hanover and Westmoreland.

Ja marks 'Diaspora Day' on Thursday
SAYING IT will be one of the "greatest memories of our history," Governor-General Sir Howard Cooke, yesterday officially declared June 16 'Jamaica Diaspora Day'.

Health officials launch fervent appeal for blood
LOCAL HEALTH officials have launched a fervent appeal for voluntary blood donors to boost flagging levels of blood supplies at the The National Blood Transfusion Service (Blood Bank).

Heavy rains pound island
HEAVY RAINS generated by an area of low pressure south-east of Jamaica battered the island yesterday, flooding communities and cutting off roads as the Meteorological Service issued a flash flood watch for all parishes.

Sugar officials to protest outside British High Commission
LOCAL SUGAR officials will be protesting outside the gates of the British High Commission in Kingston tomorrow against a plan by the European Union (EU) to cut the price of sugar from the Caribbean by 39 per cent.

Operation Kingfish costs state $50m
MINISTER OF National Security Dr. Peter Phillips said yesterday that Operation Kingfish, the Government's organised crime fighting plan, has cost the state about $50 million.