Strachan knocks EOJ
AUDITOR-GENERAL Adrian Strachan has knocked the Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ) for the awarding of 28 renovation contracts worth $38 million to one contractor during the 2002/2003 financial year.
St Mary students awarded
TWO STUDENTS of the Annotto Bay High School, Gaylem Mohalland and Venecia Martin of Enfield, St. Mary, were recently selected as beneficiaries of a scholarship and grant established in memory of Reverend Gladstone George Ferguson...
Students, new target for thieves
CORPORATE AREA school officials have expressed concerned at recent attacks on students who are being targeted for their cellular phones and name brand school bags.
Tackling the deportee issue, providing jobs
A JAMAICAN attorney who practises immigration law in the United States (U.S.) is suggesting that the Jamaican Government get involved earlier in the process which leads to the deportation of hundreds of Jamaicans each year.
Fisherman off the hook
RADCLIFF WILLIAMS, fisherman, of Mansfield Heights, near Ocho Rios , St. Ann, was last Friday freed by the Court of Appeal because the trial judge failed to deal adequately with the issue of identification.
National Solid Waste disappointed!
WESTERN BUREAU: THE NATIONAL Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) has expressed disappointment with the resistance to waste recycling that has come from a number of private and public sector companies and individuals across the island.
Call for greater partnership among Clarendon agencies
A CALL has been made for greater collaboration and networking among the public agencies and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Clarendon, in a bid to realise a faster pace of community development.
Local e-commerce industry gets 'big break'
WESTERN BUREAU: JAMAICA'S E-COMMERCE companies are set to benefit from a new opportunity to promote their respective organisations to international business executives seeking investment possibilities in Jamaica's emerging e-commerce sector.
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