Complaints authority lives up to its name
THE POLICE Public Complaints Authority, set up seven years ago to investigate complaints about police abuse, is itself complaining about "inaction and inordinate delay" by the Jamaica Constabulary Force in response to requests for information. In its...

CIT graduates still hunting jobs
MOST OF the 81 young people who recently graduated from the Caribbean Institute of Technology (CIT) have not found jobs despite assurances all would be guaranteed employment after completing their training in computer technology. The principal of CIT,...

JCC launches corruption fight
THE JAMAICA Chamber of Commerce (JCC) is developing a framework for investigating corrupt practices in the local business community and enforcing its two-year-old code of ethics. Chamber directors yesterday agreed that against the background of...

More buses next month
TRANSPORT AND Works Minister Dr. Peter Phillips is pushing for an early 2001 deadline for the take-over of bus routes controlled by the National Transport Co-operative Society (NTCS). He has also reported that 166 buses will begin rolling into the...