JDF soldiers fired 4,000 rounds
JAMAICA DEFENCE Force soldiers fired just over 4,000 rounds of ammunition, a fraction of their allotment, during the July 7-10 operation in West Kingston. Major Delroy Greenwood, Quartermaster for the First Battalion, told yesterday's sitting of...
Henry endorses Seaga
CENTRAL CLARENDON Member of Parliament, Mike Henry, appears to have settled his differences with Edward Seaga and on Sunday gave a fulsome endorsement of the leader of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), as the man best suited to lead Jamaica forward at...
Health plan for inner-city students
COME NEXT January, 40,000 students enrolled in schools located in troubled inner-city areas of Kingston and St. Andrew will be covered 'free of cost' to their families under a special Blue Cross health insurance plan. On Sunday night Opposition leader...
Over 2,500 students graduate from UWI - Stewart, Hylton receive honorary degrees
VISUALLY IMPAIRED Senator, Floyd Morris, was among over 2,500 persons who graduated from the University of the West Indies (UWI) over the weekend. Senator Morris, also state minister in the Labour Ministry, received a Master of Philosophy...
JEF slams crime committee proposal
THERE IS mounting opposition to a proposal for government to use either persuasion or force to get business persons to employ more residents of depressed communities. On Friday, the Jamaica Employers Federation (JEF), which represents employers, slammed.
|
