Education Ministry stands firm
THE MINISTRY of Education and Culture has denied reports that it was backtracking on plans announced last week to cut the country's teaching staff by more than 300. "The Government's original position has not changed and the Jamaica Teachers'...

Local tyre dealers in the clear
THE BUREAU of Standards has established that there are no local tyre dealers for the flawed brand of Firestone tyres recalled by US Tyre manufacturing firm Bridgestone/Firestone Inc. earlier this month. "We gather that a lot of those tyres were not...

IDB training workshop launched

AN INTER-AMERICAN Development Bank's (IDB) sponsored project, to instruct trainers who will over the next three years take 400 unemployed women through skills training programmes, was opened in Kingston yesterday. It is expected that the women will...

USAID committed to sustainable tourism
THE UNITED States Agency for International Develop-ment (USAID) has underscored its commitment to support sustainable tourism in the Caribbean. Speaking recently to a group of Egyptian tourism executives on a study tour of Jamaica, Mosina Jordan,...

$40m to start libraries at schools
JUST OVER $40 million is to be spent during the current financial year to establish libraries at some 100 primary and all-age schools across the island, to increase the level of access to information. This expenditure is in addition to $50 million...