'Access Bill' to be tabled tomorrow
YESTERDAY'S PRESS advertisement for persons to work in the soon-to-be-established Access to Information Unit, is the clearest indication yet that legislation to provide the public with greater access to Government information is to be expedited in...

New free trade pact takes effect
THE AGREEMENT establishing the Free Trade Area between the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Dominican Republic went into effect on Saturday, December 1. For Jamaica, this means that trade with the Dominican Republic, except for a small list of...

PSOJ urged to promote high ideals
AS THE Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) celebrates 25 years of service to the nation, the influential business grouping has been urged to continue to point Jamaicans to high ideals in a time of crisis. "You must continue to further the...

Perkins dismisses calls for reparations
WILMOT 'MOTTY' Perkins, the controversial talk-show host, raised eyebrows on Friday when he suggested that the holocaust had brought benefits to Jews. Also, he made a similar argument in relation to the enslavement of blacks.

Multi-facility project for Liguanea Park
LIGUANEA PARK, the five acre dust bowl adjoining the National Housing Trust's (NHT) corporate headquarters in New Kingston, is to be transformed into a multi-facility park by July of next year. Prime Minister P.J. Patterson made the announcement in...