Auditor-General questions integrity of screw worm project
DR. HEADLEY Edwards, director of the National Screw Worm Eradication Programme and the Veterinary Services Division in the Ministry of Agriculture since 2002, explains that while the delay and attendant costs of the programme give cause for concern...
REAL ESTATE SUCCESS -LOJ plans second major residential development
INSURANCE AND financial conglomerate, Life of Jamaica (LoJ), is planning to construct a second residential development, following on its successful development of the gated 60-unit apartment complex, Winchester Estate on Winchester Road...
Jamaica charge ahead
JAMAICA WON three of four 400 metre sprint titles to stretch their lead atop the medal standings on yesterday's second and penultimate day of the XVII Central America and Caribbean Junior Track and Field Championships at Hasely Crawford Stadium.
Editorial - Transparency needed for JPS deals
ROBERT Pickersgill, who was at the time acting as head of the Government, told parliamentary colleagues last week that it was the administration, rather than Mirant, which holds the blade with regard to Mirant's plan to sell its 80 per cent stake...
Letter of the day - The law must take its course
THE EDITOR, Sir: CHURCH DEACON Donovan 'Uncle Jimmy' James (47), James Rodgers (18) and a 15-year-old have been charged with offences related to sexual assault on a 13-year-old girl.
Recorded IN BYTES, played by hand
LIVE performances are a part of Jamaica's musical history. However, due to technological advances, the actual playing of instruments, especially for recording, has increasingly been pushed to the backburner.
A Zinc Roof World
SHE ALWAYS lived in her head and they worried about her, would not leave her alone to play with her friends. In her world, there were gypsies and femmes fatales, movie stars and cowboys and, reluctantly, cowgirls.
Leslie Toby - Doctor with an artist's touch
HE IS from the land of calypso and steel pan rhythms, yet he dubs his painting 'Reggae Art.' A medical doctor and an artist, Dr. Leslie Toby is a man of contrasts and contradictions.
The Church and secrecy
EVERYBODY, INCLUDING some who may well be sex perverts themselves, has condemned the action of the 46-year-old married deacon, Donovan Jones, who was allegedly complicit in the sexual escapade of some teenagers involving a 14-year-old girl.
July 4 celebration in Jamaica
OKAY, SO it was five days after the actual date; but it was worth waiting for. United States Ambassador Brenda LaGrange Johnson hosted her first July 4 reception in Jamaica on Sunday.
United Nations votes to sanction North Korea
UNITED NATIONS (AP): The United Nations Security Council voted unanimously yesterday to impose limited sanctions on North Korea for its recent missile tests and demanded that the reclusive communist nation suspend its ballistic missile programme.
