Inner-city residents benefit from Joy Town development programme
THE JOY Town Community Development Foundation (JTCDF) helps residents in Trench Town and its surroundings to achieve economic self-reliance by training and assistance with small grants and loans.

Hutchinson wants assurance on local agriculture sector
J.C. HUTCHINSON, Opposition Spokesman on Agriculture, has, by way of a resolution, called upon the Government to state the measures it intends to implement to rescue the local agricultural sector.

Educator/politician Hugh Dawes buried
WESTERN BUREAU: IN A funeral service filled with rich accolades, former educator and politician Hugh Arlington Dawes was eulogised as a caring...

Burnt bodies have machete wounds, say Trelawny police
WESTERN BUREAU: POST-MORTEM of the two men, who were burnt during the fire that occurred on Saturday morning in Sweat Hill, Thompson Town, Trelawny, has ruled that their deaths were due to murder.

JDF on recruitment drive
PETERSFIELD: THE JAMAICA Defence Force (JDF), in its quest to recruit as many males as possible, has embarked on an islandwide recruitment drive.

Post office closure irks resident
WESTERN BUREAU: SIX MONTHS after the closure of the Askenish Post Office, residents are complaining that their problems are mounting and they are uneasy using the Lucea Post Office to transact business...

Clogged drains pose health hazard to Lucea residents
LUCEA, Hanover: RESIDENTS OF Lucea, Hanover, are concerned about the foul odour in the town caused by the drains left unclean.

Linstead Market to get facelift
LINSTEAD: AFTER MONTHS of roadblocks, demonstrations and verbal clashes with the police over the deplorable physical conditions of the Linstead Market, $2 million has been allocated by the St. Catherine Parish Council for refurbishing.

Mental illnesses on the rise in Clarendon
MAY PEN, Clarendon: THE NUMBER of people diagnosed with mental illnesses in Clarendon has been steadily increasing over the past year, according to the Clarendon Health Department.

Burchell Whiteman is right
THE CRITICS are already gathering their forces and I'm sure will launch their assault some time this week on Senator Burchell Whiteman.

Bartlett to ask questions of Assamba
EDMUND BARTLETT, Opposition Spokesman on Tourism is to ask the Minister of Industry and Tourism, Aloun N'Dombet Assamba, the following questions: 1.

Kern Spencer - Youngest Senate member
AT 28, Kern O'Mar Spencer, a graduate of the University of the West Indies (UWI), is the youngest member of the Senate where he sits on the Government benches.