Murder, suicide by acid and fire
MANDEVILLE, Manchester: A 30-YEAR-OLD man poured acid down the throat of his three-year-old daughter, doused his wife with the corrosive substance and then killed himself in an inferno in Mandeville, Manchester yesterday morning.

Banana exports to EU threatened
JAMAICA'S BANANA exports to the European Union (EU), through the Banana Export Company Limited (BECO), could be affected by proposed rule changes scheduled to come on stream in the United Kingdom on July 1. Minister of Foreign Trade, Anthony Hylton...

UWI steps up science-based programmes enrolment
THE UNIVERSITY of the West Indies (UWI) will be stepping up efforts to increase the proportion of students enrolling in science-based programmes, after failing to increase significantly enrolment in this area in accordance with its five-year Strategic...

Optimist Club of Old Harbour honours JTA president

OUTSTANDING EDUCATOR, community activist, Principal of the Davis Primary School in St. Catherine, Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) President, Mrs. Lorraine Judith Spencer-Jarrett is the 2001 recipient of the Optimists Annual Achievement in Education...

Focus on the environment - Our island paradise

IN THE past two decades, eco-tourism has experienced faster growth than any other form of tourism worldwide, and increasingly, the Caribbean has developed a reputation as a nature lover's destination.