LIFF head arrested - Charged with secretary over Edwards Heights housing project
WINSTON MUN-ROE, chairman of the Low Income Family Founda-tion (LIFF), and his secretary Lillian Chambers, were arrested yesterday on 19 counts of fraudulent conversion and conspiracy to defraud, among other charges. Det. Sgt. Carey Lawes of the...

Spring Garden takes on road project

WHILE PEOPLE in some communities block roads to get the authorities to fix them, residents of Spring Garden, St. Thomas, are taking a different route -- they've decided to do the patching themselves. Heavy rains in recent weeks have worsened conditions.

Parliamentarians warned to declare assets
SENATE PRESIDENT Syringa Marshall-Burnett, has warned Parliamentarians about making their declarations of assets for 2000/2001 by the deadline of March 31. She said that nothing could flow from the attempts of the Government to strengthen the Parliament.

Missing Persons Unit coming
THE POLICE are to set up a Missing Persons Unit to better investigate reports of people who have gone missing over extended periods. This is being done against the background of hundreds of such reports since 1995 and a request to United States...

Whiteman dismisses claims of difference with PM

MINISTER OF Educa -tion, Senator Burchell Whiteman, last Monday sought to dismiss suggestions that he and the Prime Minister had held different views on his announced dismissal of several teachers. According to the Minister who was addressing members...