JLP caretaker backs Food For the Poor
A JAMAICA Labour Party (JLP) caretaker has come to the defence of Food For the Poor, after allegations surfaced this week that beverages distributed by the charitable group may be in some way been linked to the death of three persons.

T&T Gov't reverses work permit decision
THE GOVERNMENT of Trinidad and Tobago has reversed its decision to deny work permits to six Jamaicans to take up jobs at the West Indian Tobacco Company in that country.

Leptospirosis awareness campaign
CLARENDON: THE CLARENDON Parish Council and the health department are to launch an emergency public awareness campaign to combat the leptospirosis outbreak in the parish.

VOLUNTEER TODAY - For Jesus and Jamaica
"Lord let us be a Eucharist for others, to be broken and shared."

VOLUNTEER OF THE WEEK - Handz Down training for youths
"OUR MANDATE is to help relieve poverty levels within the inner city, by providing its people with skills training that will empower them to be independent," says Kirkland Spencer ..."

Developing creative energies with 'Art on the Street'
WORKING WITH ceramics and using your hands to express yourself and develop your creativity.

Thomas backs Spanish Town cop
COMMISSIONER OF Police, Lucius Thomas, yesterday stood behind Superintendent Kenneth Wade, the commanding officer for the St. Catherine North Police Division who was strongly criticised for comments he made ...

KRAAL TRIAL DAY FIVE - Bullet fragments tendered into evidence
THERE WERE fireworks yesterday at the trial of Senior Superintendent Reneto Adams and the five policemen charged with the murder of four civilians at Kraal, Clarendon, on May 7, 2003.

JUTA members warned to be wary politicians' promises
WESTERN BUREAU: SET TO lose millions on dollars on airport transfers, members of the Jamaica Union of Travellers Associations (JUTA) have been warned not to sit on their laurels depending on the promises of politicians.