Caribbean Community (CARICOM) students to pay same NCU fees
THE MANDEVILLE-BASED Northern Caribbean University (NCU) has announced its decision to charge all Caribbean Community (CARICOM) students the same level of fees. NCU has also retained Dr. Herbert Thompson as president for a new five-year term...
Education body seeks new head
THE ADVISORY board of the Education Transformation team is in the process of identifying a successor to Andree Nembhard, executive director of the transformation team, according to Dr. Rae Davis, chairman of the advisory board.
Council coming to regulate medical labs
LEGISLATION TO provide for the establishment of a Medical Laboratories Council to regulate and control the activities of medical laboratories and collection centres across the island was passed in the Senate on Friday.
Consensus on trade at Commonwealth meeting
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES participating at the just-concluded Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Valleta, Malta, believe they have reached consensus on trade with their developed world counterparts...
Upper House in Jamaica OKs police oversight body
THE SENATE has passed legislation aimed at establishing an independent civilian body to scrutinise the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), the Island Constabulary Force and the District Constables.
Changes to United States visa document requirements
THE UNITED States Embassy has announced it will soon be making adjustments to the visa requirements for Jamaicans hoping to travel to that country. As of December 1, the embassy's immigrant visa unit, in its consular section...
Commuters stranded in Spanish Town
SPANISH TOWN, St. Catherine: COMMUTERS TRAVELLING to Old Harbour, Linstead, May Pen, and other destinations were stranded in Spanish Town yesterday evening as the roads in the Old Capital were, for the most part, void of vehicular traffic...
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