GUN RUSH - Race on to renew permits before April 30 deadline
THERE WAS a mad rush at police stations across the island yesterday, as scores of residents flocked the facilities to have their firearm licences renewed. The last-minute efforts of the gun-owning residents came in just under the wire...
Toll hike takes effect May 1
THE ANNOUNCED toll increases for motorists using the Mandela Highway to Sandy Bay leg of Highway 2000, will take effect on Monday.
Treasure Beach residents want Government to protect properties
SOME 70 residents of Treasure Beach in St. Elizabeth mounted a 45-minute demonstration, calling for Government protection of their property, on the main road leading from Pedro Cross to Great Bay.
Mexico set to decriminalise pot and cocaine
POSSESSING MARIJUANA, cocaine and even heroin will no longer be a crime in Mexico if the drugs are carried in small amounts for personal use, under legislation passed by the Mexican Congress.
Tighter scrutiny for Jamaican airport workers
WORKERS AT Jamaica's two international airports will be under increased scrutiny as narcotics investigations have revealed that some of them have been facilitating the movement of drugs onto aircraft.
Jamaican Government to sell JPS shares to public
MINISTER OF Finance and Planning Dr. Omar Davies yesterday confirmed that the Government will be selling off, to the public, its 20 per cent share in the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) Company Ltd. by the end of the fiscal year.
Trade unions yet to submit counter wage proposal
THE WAGE negotiations between the Government and the Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions (JCTU), on behalf of public sector workers, could stretch into another month.
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