Four J'cans in A'Level top five
FOUR JAMAICAN students excelled this year in the GCE Advanced Level Biology, Sociology, and General Paper examinations, finishing among the top five candidates worldwide. The four students, who attend schools in the Corporate Area, competed against...

New passports for Sept 3

NEW MACHINE readable passports which become available locally on September 3, will cost $2,500 for adults and $1,500 for minors. Both currently cost $1,000. Adult passports are issued for 10 years while those for minors are valid for five years.

'Weed' as medicine, sacrament
MANY WILL admit that Jamaica is famous for tourism, reggae music, track and fields and cricket. However, only a few will add ganja to that mix. Foreigners certainly think that we are all here smoking ganja and hanging out under palm trees.

New road ordered fixed
SURREY PAVING and Aggregates Ltd., contractors on the long-delayed Washington Boulevard project, has been ordered to fix sections of the road it has already completed but deemed unsatisfactory by the National Works Agency (NWA).

Opposition takes Gov't to task on crime problem

WITH POLICE reports showing 693 murders so far this year, Opposition spokesman on National Security Derrick Smith has taken Government to task for its apparent inability to control the crime problem. In a press release yesterday, the Jamaica Labour...

PNP reviews performance in EC St James constituency
THE PEOPLE'S National Party (PNP) has begun a review of its performance in the East Central St. James constituency, even as the Opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) boasts that the constituency is theirs for the taking in the next general election.