'Protect Government whistle blowers'
BASED ON the horrors experienced by public sector employees in attempting to report corruption, president of the Jamaica Civil Service Association (JCSA), Wayne Jones, says Government will have to offer protection...

Jamaica Teachers' Association urges churches to build boarding schools
THE JAMAICA Teachers' Association (JTA) is challenging the Church to build more boarding schools, especially to accommodate children in violence-plagued areas, as one way of tackling some of the country's social problems.

$200m facelift for Spanish Town Hospital
THE SPANISH Town Hospital in St. Catherine will receive a $200 million renovation and facelift later this month. The renovation will be bankrolled by the National Health Fund and the Culture...

Miners need a miracle
TALLMANSVILLE, West Virginia (Reuters): RESCUE WORKERS raced against time last night with fading hopes of saving 13 trapped coal miners, and officials said it would take a miracle for the men to be found alive.

Swamp woes worsen - More houses under threat
THINGS ARE getting worse in the community of Swamp in Moneague, St. Ann, as groundwater which has flooded the district is said to be still rising. The Gleaner reported last week that the area was almost completely covered by water...

No money allocated to disaster fund
WITH THE 2006 hurricane season five months away, Land and Environment Minister, Dean Peart, has disclosed that funds have not yet been allocated to the disaster fund.

'Wi can walk every wey' - South St Andrew residents hail freedom under patrols
AS ARMED security personnel patrolled sections of south St. Andrew yesterday, residents of the embattled constituency hung out on street corners listening to music or playing card games.