Colleagues back Dr. Lue

GOVERNMENT MEDICAL consultants, frustrated by the inadequacies in the public health care system, are coming out in support of their colleague, Dr. Albert Lue, who last week lashed out at the state of the refurbished ophthalmology unit at the Kingston...

ODPEM unveils Portmore's emergency plan

AS THE hurricane season gets under way the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) has unveiled an evacuation plan for Portmore in St. Catherine to ensure that arrangements are in place in the event of a disaster. The plan...

Sectoral Debate continues in Gordon House
MATTERS AFFECTING the Govern-ment's relationship with its employees are expected to be the highlight of today's speech by Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance and Planning, Michael Peart. Mr. Peart, promoted from the backbenches to take charge...

Government, Conurban Contractors Assoc at odds
THE CONURBAN Con-tractors Association is upset over what it says are reports from transport officials that they are unable at this time, to buy the buses from the busmen who are still operating on former Conurban routes. President of the Association,...

The late Henry Stanley Ives - An outstanding son
WESTERN BUREAU: LAST THURSDAY, the Ives family of Trelawny buried a husband and father, Henry Stanley (Bill) Ives.