Nurses sick of supply shortage
A lack of basic health supplies, such as syringes, needles and panadol, is putting patients' lives at risk, Edith Allwood-Anderson, president of the Nurses' Association of Jamaica, said yesterday. At a meeting held yesterday at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH), with more than 50 nurses...
Who calls the shots? - Telecoms firm gives Government ultimatum, wants $50m waiver, or else
AT LEAST one telecommunications firm is threatening legal action against the Government if it is not granted a $50 million three-month waiver during which it will not pay any monies into the Universal Access Fund (UAF). The company said the waiver was necessary...
Pearnel, US diaspora group at odds
A war of words has developed between PearnelCharles, the Opposition Member of Parliament for Clarendon North Central, and Jamaica Forward, a diaspora group based in the United States. The group has taken issue with comments made by Mr. Charles on the campaign trail....
Open ballot legislation welcomed - Walker
Director of Elections, Danville Walker, yesterday expressed confidence that bogus voting would be eliminated with the implementation of legislation making it an offence for a voter to intentionally display his ballot. Mr. Walker made the comment while addressing the annual general...
Solicitor General resigns - Hylton going into private practice
Solicitor General Michael Hylton has tendered his resignation, effective October 31. Mr. Hylton, Q.C., told The Gleaner yesterday that he was going into private practice. He said when he took up the job in January 2001 he had agreed to stay for five years...
'We want to be a tourist parish too!'
St. Mary has an estimated population of 111,466 persons and is recognised as the fifth smallest parish in Jamaica. The decline in the main industries of agriculture and tourism, deteriorating roads and poor social services have made St. Mary, according to the Planning Institute....
'Fixed election date not possible'
Constitutional lawyer, Dr. Lloyd Barnett, has dismissed the proposal of Opposition Leader Bruce Golding, that sections 64(1) and 71(3) of the Constitution be amended or removed, if the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) becomes the next government, stating that this was not possible.
'Government acting outside the rule of law'
The Office of the Contractor General (OCG) has severely criticised the Government for pressing ahead with plans to involve the GEASO Monitoring Committee in a review of the GEASO Health Scheme contract award decision-making process, charging that it breaches ...
Man to be sentenced for stepson's death
A man who was convicted this month of manslaughter, arising from the death of his four-year-old stepson, is to be sentenced next week Friday. Damion Mallett, 28, apprentice engineer at Shocking Vibes Studio, should have been sentenced yesterday...
Special constable gets 17 years
St. Elizabeth: A Special constable attached to the St. Elizabeth police was yesterday sentenced to 17 years at hard labour when he appeared in the parish's Circuit Court on wounding and gun charges. Thirty-three-year-old Floyd Schloss was sentenced by Justice Donald...
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