Caribbean media urged to participate in National Sunshine Week 2006
THE INTER AMERICAN Press Association is urging Caribbean organisations to participate in Sunshine Week 2006 to be observed from March 12-18. Sunshine Week is aimed at promoting the publishing and broadcasting of stories high-lighting the importance...

Prime Minister of Jamaica orders immediate repairs at Blenheim
WESTMORELAND: PRIME MINISTER P.J. Patterson has instructed that the house in Blenheim, Hanover where National Hero Sir Alexander Bustamante was born is to be immediately restored while the grave site of former Prime Minister, Hugh Lawson Shearer...

Osteoporosis: A bone of contention
OSTEOPOROSIS IS a condition characterised by a loss of bone mass and weakening of the bones. It has become big news and big business in today's world. Over the past 25 years or so osteoporosis has become a major concern to women throughout...

Opposition Senator calls for transparency
OPPOSITION SENATOR, Shirley Williams is insisting on transparency and the involvement of Parliament in the divestment of government resources in Information Technology (IT).

Bird flu surveillance programme under way
THE MINISTRIES of Agriculture and Health are conducting a $64 million National Avian Influenza Surveillance Programme, as part of a collaborative campaign to prevent Avian Influenza (bird flu) from entering the island.

Wanted man found hanging
WESTERN BUREAU: THE BODY of a St. Elizabeth man, who was wanted by the police in connection with the death of his common-law wife, was found hanging from a tree in the community of Fyffe's Pen in the parish yesterday.

London murder accused remanded
THE SECOND man charged with the murder of two Jamaican sisters and their step-father was remanded, when he appeared in the Brent Magistrate Court in Harlesden, North London last Friday.