'Money problems' affect school attendance
"MONEY PROBLEMS" continue to be the main reason for children's absence from school, according to the Jamaica Survey of Living Conditions (JSLC) 2001 report. The survey which is released annually by the Planning Institute of Jamaica...

Elder's body found in cane field
THREE DAYS after an elder of the Waterford Seventh Day Adventist Church went missing, his partially decomposed body was discovered yesterday morning on a farm in Portmore, St. Catherine. "An on the spot post mortem revealed that he died from multiple.

Patterson presents northern St Andrew candidates
NOTING THAT the general election is not too far away, Prime Minister P.J. Patterson on Thursday presented his party's four candidates for the Northern Belt of the Corporate Area. Flanked by a high level team of People's National Party (PNP)...