Fare subsidy - Unions want Gov't workers to travel free on JUTC buses
GOVERNMENT AND trade union officials are to meet on the weekend to discuss the possibility of exempting public sector employees from the proposed steep rise in bus fares.
Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister assassinated
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP): SRI LANKA'S Foreign Minister, who led efforts to ban the country's Tamil Tiger rebels as a terrorist organisation, was fatally shot by unidentified snipers after a swim at his home late yesterday, officials said.
Flankers rejoices at DPP's verdict
WESTERN BUREAU: RESIDENTS OF Flankers in St. James were in a jubilant mood earlier this week following news that six policemen are to be charged in connection with the October 2003 controversial fatal shooting of two senior citizens...
Journalists urged to defend human rights
ST. JOHN'S, Antigua: CLARE KAMAU Roberts, president of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), has urged Caribbean journalists to be fierce defenders of human rights in the region.
First 15 graduate from JTI course
FIFTEEN PARTICIPANTS who enrolled in the Financial Crimes Investigation training course, organised by the Justice Training Institute (JTI) in Montego Bay, St. James, have successfully completed the 12-week course. They will be recognised at...
December completion for first phase of Heroes Park renovation
THE FIRST phase of Govern-ment's multimillion-dollar renovation of National Heroes Park in Kingston is expected to be completed by December, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Local Government said yesterday.
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