Setback on hanging
THE GOVERNMENT'S plan to resume hanging soon, suffered a major setback yesterday, when the UK-based Privy Council handed down judgment in favour of six Jamaicans on death row.

Gov't wants refund for undelivered guns
THE GOVERNMENT has requested a refund of the US$100,000 ($4.2m), it paid to a United Kingdom arms supplier in April 1999 for 500 semi-automatic pistols, still undelivered, it ordered for the Jamaica Constabulary. "We are now looking at another source,".

Poverty on the rise
MORE JAMAICANS are falling below the poverty line and those who have money to spend, are spending less on food and more on housing and transportation. This was revealed in the Jam-aica Survey of Living Conditions (1999), a joint publication of the...

Junor bats for breastfeeding

MINISTER OF Health John Junor is encouraging mothers to breast feed their babies because breast milk has long been recognised as the best food for the growth and development of infants.

Rhodes Scholar warden sheds light on scholarship
JOHN ROWETT, warden of Rhodes House and secretary of the Rhodes Trust, is on a move to demystify the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship. He wants to tear down the image of the scholarship as a rare treasure reserved for a select few from well-known...