Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee - Daniel through to finals

WITHOUT ANY "compunction" or display of "mummery", Jamaica's champion speller, Daniel Thomas, yesterday breezed through to the championship rounds of the 74th annual Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee in Washington D.C. Thomas, who correctly spelt...

Ennis rapped, praised

ERROL ENNIS, Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance and Planning, was yesterday both chastised and praised by fellow politicians and leading public figures for his decision to resign from his ministerial pos ition. But it was only chastisement...

Witnesses to get better protection - New programme to include others involved in the judicial system

BETTER PROTECTION is to be offered to witnesses of violent crimes under a revamped Witness Protection Pro-gramme, Information Minister Senator Maxine Henry-Wilson said on Tuesday. The announcement came at the same time Commissioner of Police Francis...

Today is World No Tobacco Day - Health Ministry gets award for anti-smoking efforts

JAMAICA'S MINISTRY of Health is among six regional winners of the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO)/World Health Organisation (WHO) award for its efforts to reduce the population's exposure to second-hand smoke.