CAPTURED! - Murder suspect extradited from US after seven years on the run
AFTER NEARLY seven years on the run, a 29-year-old murder suspect has been captured in the United States and sent home to face the charge. Sean George Crossdale was ordered extradited on January 23, 2001 to answer a murder charge relating to the...

Farmers face WTO doom - JLP
JAMAICA LABOUR Party Senators warned yesterday that changes in the Customs Act to facilitate the World Trade Organisation (WTO) regime governing customs duty evaluation, will seriously affect local farmers. The Senators sounded the warning during the...

The Rural Family Support Organisation

MAKING FAMILIES work" is the mantra that drives the staff at the Rural Family Support Organisation (RuFamSo). Beginning as a single unit in 1986, the aim was to address the problems of teenage pregnancy, says Executive Director Joyce Jarrett. "Over the..

Energy Ministry promotes conservation drive
THE MINISTRY of Mining and Energy will be aggressively promoting energy conservation in the drive to reduce expenditure on imported oil, says Conroy Watson, Senior Director with responsibility for energy matters in the Ministry. He said this campaign...

Ocho Rios informal settlements to be relocated
RESIDENTS OF the informal settlements of Spring Piece, Pimento Walk, Parry Town, Shaw Park and Mammee Bay South are to be relocated under the Operation Pride programme to Beecher Town and the newer section of Mammee Bay. They will be required to...