'Higher teaching standards needed'
THE NATIONAL Secondary Student Council (NSSC) is proposing that greater accountability and higher standards for teachers be adopted by the Ministry of Education.
Food for the Poor to build more homes
SPANISH TOWN, St. Catherine: FOOD FOR the Poor will be building 500 housing units in the Ellerslie Pen community of Spanish Town by year end.
MOH requests new report on dead fish issue
THE MINISTRY of Health has requested another report from the National Water Commission (NWC) about the recent fish-kill that occurred in the Mona Reservoir, having perused the initial report submitted Friday.
BSI probes missing guns, supt transferred
POLICE COMMISSIONER Francis Forbes on Monday transferred with immediate effect, Superintendent Glenford Hudson who was attached to the Greater Portmore Police Station.
SLB delinquents could face court
SOME 50 DELINQUENT borrowers who are indebted to the Students' Loan Bureau (SLB) could be facing legal action if they fail to regularise their balances soon, Lenice Barnett, the Bureau's Executive Director said yesterday.
CARICOM condemns violence in Haiti
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC): CARICOM yesterday condemned the latest incidents of violence in Haiti, as forces opposed to the government of President Jean Bertrand Aristide stepped up their demands for his resignation.
Gov't policy flawed, says Golding
WESTERN BUREAU: JAMAICA LABOUR Party (JLP) Chairman, Senator Bruce Golding, has attacked the Government's trade policy claiming that it is fundamentally flawed.
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