Portia yields - DPP, Police Chief, others to receive NSWMA reports
YIELDING TO public pressure, embattled Local Government Minister, Portia Simpson Miller, has instructed that the reports from the Auditor General and Contractor General detailing significant levels of impropriety...

New fire trucks a burning issue in Gordon House
THE GOVERNMENT has awarded a contract for US$9.2 million ($550m) to Rosenbauer America for the procurement of 33 firefighting vehicles for the Jamaica Fire Brigade.

Women's groups unite to reclaim Ja
THE JAMAICA Labour Party (JLP) Women in Action group has joined forces with the Women's Freedom Movement (WFM) and the National Organisation of Women (NOW) to help women reclaim Jamaica from criminal elements and the spread of HIV/AIDS.

Hike in supplementary school fees irks parents
DISGRUNTLED PARENTS of children enrolled at some Corporate Area high schools are angry with school administrators for hiking miscellaneous fees for the September term, even doubling them in some instances.

Revised Code of Political Conduct gets green light
AFTER A month of meetings, representatives of the two major political parties and the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) appear set to sign the revised Code of Political Conduct.

Cops back on the job, row still unresolved
DESPITE YESTERDAY'S resumption of regular duties by hundreds of rank-and-file policemen and women, who had participated in a 47-hour sick-out for an improved wage and fringe benefits offer, the Government is yet to respond to the Police...

Mullings wants JPS meter row resolved in court
CLIVE MULLINGS, the Jamaica Labour Party's (JLP) spokesman on Mining, Energy and Telecommunications, says the current spat between the Bureau of Standards of Jamaica (BSJ) and the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) has been badly handled...

Seven reported missing since start of July - CCN
THE CONSTABULARY Communication Network (CCN) is reporting that seven persons have been reported missing between July 8 and 25. The missing persons - four males and three females - are said to be from the Corporate Area...