Plans for fingerprint ballot pilot on target, says Walker
THE ELECTORAL Office of Jamaica (EOJ) is moving ahead with plans for a pilot to test the use of fingerprint-triggered balloting during the next Local Government elections.

JPSCo seeks rate increase in 2003
A PROPOSAL for a rate increase next year, in line with the existing tariff regime, has been submitted by the the Jamaica Public Service Co. (JPSCo) and is being evaluated by the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR).

Anti-terror security for ports
WESTERN BUREAU: THE PORT Authority of Jamaica has spent in excess of US$200,000 to purchase and install X-ray machines at the Montego Bay and Ocho Rios Ports primarily to detect possible terrorist attacks.

Downtown fire victims get aid
HELP HAS started rolling in for the families who lost their possessions in Saturday's fire, which gutted two tenement yards at the corner of Charles Street and Luke Lane in downtown Kingston.

Trinidad agrees to ship gas to Venezuela
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: AS THE national strike in Venezuela continues to paralyse its oil industry, Trinidad has stepped in to assist its Spanish-speaking neighbour with gasolene supplies.