Thousands of firms not filing returns
THE GOVERNMENT is losing at least $54.4 million annually because thousands of limited liability companies do not file their annual statutory returns, the Office of the Registrar of Companies said yesterday.

Child care agency meets 15 targets
THE CHILD Development Agency (CDA) said last week it had met targets for at least 15 of the 46 recommendations in the Children's Homes Report, released last July, and was making progress with others.

As Access to Information Act takes effect... Requests pour in for classified documents
JUST A week since the implementation of the Access to Information Act, Senator Burchell Whiteman, Minister of Information, is reporting that more than 40 requests have been made for previously classified Government documents.

Development agency yet to finish child evaluation
THE CHILD Development Agency (CDA) admitted on Friday that with almost six months gone since the release of the Children's Homes Report, it was yet to complete one of its more immediate tasks...

Gunmen rob 15 tourists in Negril
FIFTEEN TOURISTS were robbed, with one being chopped and severely wounded, when gunmen invaded Tigress Cottages in the West End area of Negril, Westmoreland, yesterday morning.

Learning oasis in Point Hill
ELAINE ALLEN and Jane Taylor have come a long way since 1998 when they and other members of the Point Hill community in St. Catherine and its Alumni Association first began dreaming of helping children with learning disabilities.

Sugar battle looms
THE FATE of Jamaica's US$75 million sugar industry will hinge heavily on the deliberations of a World Trade Organisation panel regarding a dispute brought by Australia, Brazil and Thailand against the European Commission's sugar regime...