As world celebrates 2006 ...
SYDNEY, Australia (AP): A PULSING heart of red lights shone out from Sydney's Harbour Bridge as tens of thousands of people gathered to watch fireworks marking the start of the new year, while revelers throughout the world partied...

Thumbs up for top cop!
JUST A few days shy of a year on the job, Police Commissioner Lucius Thomas seems to have struck the right chord in and outside of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). On January 19,last year, Lucius Thomas, 56, replaced Francis Forbes...

Teachers on the mark!
THE NEW year has just started but the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) is ready and rearing to begin negotiating on behalf of its charges. Salary negotiations, refunds of tuition fees for teachers who studied part time...

New Prime Minister within the next two months
WHILE PUBLIC opinion polls show Portia Simpson Miller is more popular than her counterparts in the People's National Party (PNP) leadership race, there remains a strong view in some quarters that she is not the most suitable to lead.

Jamaica Tourist Board efforts boost stop-overs
AGGRESSIVE INTERNATIONAL marketing of Jamaica by the Jamaica Tourist Board has positioned the island for great things in 2006. According to tourism director Paul Pennicooke, the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) has been vigorously working...

Jamaica Teacher's Association president touts special fund for education
JAMAICA TEACHERS' Association (JTA) president Ruel Reid believes that the Government should establish a special education fund to assist with the transformation of the education system.

A bittersweet agreement
THE PUBLIC sector Memorandum of Under-standing (MoU) has been viewed by the trade unions as a bittersweet agreement but from the Government's perspective, it was a landmark agreement.