McCook is first resident ambassador to China
WAYNE MCCOOK has been appointed Jamaica's first resident ambassador to the People's Republic of China. Mr. McCook, who is acting undersecretary in the foreign ministry, is expected to take up duties in June when the embassy is scheduled to commence...
DCP Shields to target criminals in Spanish Town
DEPUTY COMMISSIONER of Police, Mark Shields, who is in charge of crime, yesterday told members of the St. Catherine Chamber of Commerce that he will focus on the major problems of extortion, murder and illegal guns that have plagued the town.
Unions call for safety audit
TRADE UNIONS yesterday called for an extensive safety audit at all sugar factories in Jamaica after a man was killed at the Appleton Sugar Estate in the southern parish of St. Elizabeth.
Mayors want urgent review of building codes
LOCAL AUTHORITIES are lamenting that the tame and archaic municipal laws which are supposed to help them fulfil their mandate, have become shackles.
Sept 11 terrorist pleads guilty
ZACARIAS MOUSSAOUI pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiring with the September 11 hijackers to kill Americans and declared he was personally chosen by Osama bin Laden to fly a plane into the White House during a later attack.
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