Job cuts soaring - Unions see September figures as worst so far
AN UNUSUALLY high number of redundancies in September has fired up the trade unions. But, indications are that the job losses will continue. "It will continue to affect us whether we like it or not," Executive Director of the Jamaica Employers...

Public sector woes loom
THE WHEELS of justice could grind to a halt and sickly shut-ins could be left without medical care if government travel officers follow through on a threat to park their vehicles next Monday. The 8,550 travel officers on Tuesday warned that they would...

No side effects from local genetically modified foods
DR. WAYNE McLaughlin, head of the Biotechnology Centre at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, says genetic modification techniques have been used on Jamaican food crops. He told participants at a recent Rural Agricultural Development...

Ex-mayor fined for shooting cows
WESTERN BUREAU: AFTER BEING a regular item on the Lucea Resident Magistrate's Court sheet for four years, the shooting of cattle case which involved former mayor, Mon-crieffe Leslie came to a close last week. The former mayor was slapped with an $8,000..

Plans for airport in St Elizabeth top agenda
WESTERN BUREAU: THE PLAN to build an airport in St. Elizabeth is first on the agenda of the parish's homecoming committee meeting today at the offices of the Petroleum Corp-oration of Jamaica in Kingston.