JAMAICAN UNIONS REJECT OFFER - To prepare counter wage proposal for Government
THE JAMAICA Confederation of Trade Unions (JCTU) yesterday formally rejected the Government's offer of a 20 per cent increase in the public sector wage fund and called a meeting for next Tuesday to prepare a counter proposal.
JPS moves to increase light bill
CONSUMERS COULD face an increase in light bills if the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) is allowed to recover almost $200 million from losses it said it suffered during last year's hurricanes.
Hospital to be sued for denying drug to dying patient
THE FAMILY of 75-year-old Vilma McLaughlin, who died at the Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay, St. James after she was reportedly refused a drug until it was paid for, has instructed their lawyer to begin legal proceedings against the institution.
JCF to load identities into new fingerprint machine
THE JAMAICA Constabulary Force (JCF) is in the process of transferring more than 350,000 criminal records, and samples of fingerprints found at crime scenes, onto the newly-installed Automated Palm Information System...
Mayhem in Montego Bay - Shootings may be linked to extortion attempts
WILLIAM STREET in Montego Bay, St. James was a scene of chaos Thursday night when three men were shot just hours after gun-toting thugs shot four others in a daring pre-dawn attack.
MIND AND SPIRIT - Ministering an anointing
EARLY IN his high school life, Huntley Brown wanted to become a lawyer. But as he regularly played the piano, the music got a hold of him and it wouldn't let go.
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