Confronting crime: Gov't under fire for failure to enact crime plan, dismantle garrisons
THE PARLIAMENTARY Opposition, human-rights lobbyists and political commentators are thrashing Prime Minister Bruce Golding...
Spotlight on traffic: Billions more needed to fix Jamaica's roads
THE NATIONAL Works Agency's (NWA) communications pointman, Stephen Shaw, says it will cost Jamaican taxpayers in the region of $10-$15 billion per year to repair and maintain the...
Poison poses health challenge
Carelessness, inappropriate labelling and improper storage of household chemicals led to an increase in the number of children ingesting poisonous substances last year, the Caribbean Poison Information Network...
Atlantic hurricane season begins today
The 2008 Atlantic Hurricane Season, which begins today, is already active.
garrisons: murder, poverty, politics
Transform the garrisons - UWI lecturerLecturer in the Department of Government at the University of the West Indies and political commentator, Richard 'Dickie' Crawford, says it is disappointing that the prime minister has so far not sought to raise or...
Llewellyn sits in the Inner Bar
A large gathering turned out recently to witness Paula Llewellyn, director of public prosecutions (DPP), take her seat in the Inner Bar, Supreme Court, following her appointment in March as a queen's counsel.
Storm fears
Disaster management officials are facing a number of challenges going into the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season, which begins today.
Obama close to Democratic nod
WASHINGTON, DC (AP):As Barack Obama appears poised to win the Demo-cratic presidential nomin-ation, the national party faced the daunting task of dealing with two states stripped of their delegates and avoiding a rift that...
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