Teacher strike on - Despite Minister's last-minute appeal
DESPITE LAST-MINUTE appeals from Government officials, the island's more than 20,000 teachers have stuck to their threat to boycott classrooms today, disrupting the lives of more than half-a-million students in hundreds of schools across the island.
Reverend raps Gov't's gambling stance
PRESIDENT OF the Jamaica District of the Methodist Church, the Rev. Philip G. Robinson, yesterday denounced the Government's inconsistency on gambling, for its steadfastly saying no to casinos while opening the floodgates to other games of chance.
Apr 30 D-Day for public servants to declare assets
AS OF this week the Corruption Prevention Commission will start sending out forms on which specified public servants will be required to file declarations.
Toronto top cop visits Ja
THE TOP brass of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) and members of the Canadian High Commission will this afternoon extend a warm welcome to Toronto's Police Chief, Julian Fantino, on his arrival at the Norman Manley International Airport.
Thwaites protests innocence
RONALD THWAITES, attorney-at-law and former MP for Central Kingston, is insisting that he had received written instructions to collect money on behalf of the Post and Telecommunications Department.
Dolphin Head Trust receives grant from Japan
WESTERN BUREAU: THE JAPANESE government has made a grant of US$79,000 (J$3.38 million) to the Dolphin Head Trust in Hanover to assist in its Bamboo Conversion and Utilisation Project...
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