Nicholson wants widescale disclosure of assets

ATTORNEY-GENERAL A.J. Nicholson's suggestion for the widescale disclosure of assets by everyone, who by the exercise of power, affects the quality of life of Jamaicans, needs clarification, says Anthony Chang, president of the Jamaica Chamber of...

Customers complain about NWC most
MOST OF the consumer complaints to the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) between April 1999 and March 2000 were against the state-owned National Water Commission (NWC). Of the 1,013 complaints received by the utilities watchdog agency during the...

Warders to lose jobs
FIVE PRISON warders sent on quarter-pay interdiction since the January protest against the reappointment of Lt. Colonel John Prescod as Commissioner, are to be dismissed. Lambert Brown, vice-president of the warders' union, the University and Allied...

UNICEF, Gov't in deal targeting children

CHILDREN AND their families are the focus of a strategy document outlining a proposed US$11 million, five-year country programme of co-operation between the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the Government of Jamaica. A strategy paper on the..