'Parties courting under-age voters' - Walker warns the perpetrators to "desist or suffer consequences"
THE ELECTORAL Office of Jamaica (EOJ) yesterday suggested that persons associated with the major political parties are attempting to mass-register under-age individuals for the national voters' list.
House OKs changes to timeline for voters' list - No elections if more than six months old
ON TUESDAY, the House of Representatives approved amendments to the Representation of the People Act, including a provision aimed at preventing an election from being held on a voters' list more than six months old.
JPSCo and NWC losing $2b per year - Water, electricity theft labelled as factors
BOTH THE Jamaica Public Service Company (JPSCo) and the National Water Commission (NWC) together lose almost $2.5 billion a year as a result of non-technical losses, including the stealing of electricity and water.
US border patrol cutting back on illegal alien inflow
THE NEW security guidelines imposed by the United States Government at the border of Tijuana, Mexico and San Diego, California since September 11, 2001...
J$ on the rebound
THE JAMAICAN dollar gained 51 cents against its United States counterpart at the close of trading yesterday as a result of new measures taken by the Bank of Jamaica (BoJ) to save the local currency from further weakening.
Off-track bomb kills 15 civilians in Iraq
BAGHDAD, (Reuters): HEAVY FIGHTING raged in south and central Iraq yesterday and at least 15 Iraqi civilians were killed in a Baghdad street by what may have been an errant U.S. missile.
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