TRIBUTES FLOW FOR PATTERSON
Outgoing Prime Minister P.J. Patterson was yesterday lauded by colleagues as a non-confrontational leader who did more to break down the walls of political tribalism than any other in Jamaica's history. No fewer than 17 parliamentarians...

Dignitaries fly in for Portia's swearing-in
THE GUEST list for tomorrow's swearing-in ceremony for Jamaica's first female Prime Minister, Portia Simpson Miller, is impressive. Regional leaders Owen Arthur of Barbados, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Patrick Manning ...

Matalon hailed as loving family man
OVER A hundred persons including family, friends and well-wishers turned out yesterday to pay their last respects to the late Vernon Carl Matalon, who passed away on Sunday. He was 72. The youngest of 11 Matalon brothers...

Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) clamps down on corporate thieves
SIXTY-EIGHT PERSONS, including eight business operators, have been arrested and charged for stealing electricity from the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) since January. Additionally, the company has dismissed one employee...

Schoolboy stabbed to death
VIOLENCE IN Jamaican schools, which has been a major concern for legislators and educators in recent years, reared its ugly head again Monday, this time at the Camperdown High School in eastern Kingston.

Cement probe team named
PHILLIP PAULWELL, Minister of Commerce, Science and Technology, has named the members of a team mandated to conduct an independent probe into circumstances that led to faulty cement entering the local market. A statement from the ministry revealed ...

Sugar factory safety audit ready by April
THE FINDINGS of an audit of health and safety standards in the country's sugar industry should be made public within a month. Word of this development came yesterday during a visit to the Ministry of Labour and Social Security ...