GSAT space crunch - Education ministry not sure what's available
The Ministry of Education is uncertain if it has enough school spaces to accommodate all the students who sat the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) last week. According to Dr Charlene Ashley, director of communications in the Ministry of Education, the ministry would know the number of spaces....
Archbishop raps abortion plans
Roman Catholic Archbishop of Kingston Lawrence Burke has added his voice to the abortion debate which has been on the nation's radar in recent weeks. Archbishop Burke said that the Roman Catholic Church in Jamaica would not support the legalisation of abortion in the island.
Cop injured, two killed
At least two persons were shot and killed by gunmen, while a special constable was shot and injured and a gun taken off the nation's streets on the weekend, according to reports from the Constabulary Communication Network (CCN). A special corporal attached to Harman Barracks...
Councillors want monthly school reports
Mordant Mitchell, the People's National Party (PNP) councillor for the Black River division, has recommended to the St.Elizabeth Parish Council that, as a means of taking education seriously, the agency should seek to have monthly reports from the education officers in the parish...
Don't expect any magic, says Shaw
Western Bureau: Finance Minister Audley Shaw has moved to defuse what he called "unrealistic expectations" ahead of the tabling of this year's budget, warning the public not to expect any magic in April. Speaking last Saturday at the 10th anniversary gala dinner of the MoBay Hope Medical Centre...
Today is TAX Day
It's Tax Day and hundreds of business persons are expected to visit tax offices across the island to file their income tax returns by the end of the business day. Companies, self-employed persons, partnerships, organisations and employed persons with other sources of income...
Jamaica needs divine help - Golding
The removal of MI6s and the many laws put in place to govern Jamaica will not provide solutions to the many problems the nation face. That was the view expressed by Prime Minister Bruce Golding, in an address yesterday to the congregation at the Faith Cathedral Deliverance...
Medic wants more centres to help mothers
WESTERN BUREAU: Westmoreland gynaecologist Dr Evan Nepaul has said the Government should shift their attention from the controversy of legalising abortion and focus on creating programmes for women with unwanted pregnancies. In an impassioned address at Montego Bay's 20th Annual...
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