National Youth Policy will cost $250b
IT WILL cost the Government $250 billion over a five-year period to implement the National Youth Policy, which was tabled in the House of Representatives on Tuesday.

Trinidadian granny sits on bandit - Grandson saved by 200-pounder
A 73-YEAR-OLD great-grandmother in Trinidad single-handedly tackled a masked gunman who had just shot one of her grandsons, and held him until police arrived. They found the gunman crying with the woman sitting on him.

'No deal!' - Pantry against use of lie detector in plea-bargaining legislation
DIRECTOR OF Public Prosecutions, Kent Pantry, Q.C., says he is against a recommendation that the use of lie detector tests by his office be included in plea-bargaining legislation now under consideration.

'Falmouth on fast track'
WESTERN BUREAU: THE HISTORIC Georgian town of Falmouth in Trelawny is about to be integrated into the extensive developments taking place in the parish, with an announced $1.5 billion restoration of Hampden Wharves and other structures.

Utility companies warned - New measures to make them pay for damage to roads
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS yesterday sternly warned the island's utility companies that they would soon start paying for the damage done to the island's road network.

C&W Ja appoints new chief executive
RODNEY DAVIS is to be the new chief executive officer of Cable & Wireless Jamaica, effective July 1. He succeeds Jacqueline Holding, who has held the post for the past nine months. A Jamaican, Mr. Davis is returning to the island...