Judge questions firearm approval for freed contractor
A HIGH Court Judge has called on the authorities to consider carefully if 44-year-old building contractor Lincoln Williams was a proper person to be issued with a firearm. Williams, of 10 Lord Nelson Drive, St. Andrew, was freed last week...

Public station advises against politically tinged broadcasts
CHAIRMAN OF the Public Broadcasting Corporation of Jamaica (PBCJ), the Reverend Neville Callam, on Wednesday challenged the electronic media to broadcast programmes which were free of political interference.

Holness calls for removal of fees from upgraded schools
OPPOSITION SPOKESMAN on Education, Andrew Holness, has called on Government to remove tuition fees from newly upgraded high schools to address the inequity that exists at the secondary level.

Country's murder rate still high
DESPITE REPORTS by the Police High Command that there has been a decline in homicides, the country's murder rate remains high. Up to Wednesday, there were 442 reported cases of murders since January, meaning an average of three persons...

Plans to build new Students' Loan office not practical - Shaw
PLANS BY the Student's Loan Bureau (SLB) to build a $360 million office have been criticised by Opposition Spokesman on Finance, Audley Shaw. "Nominally, we can say that the land and building at the Student's Loan Bureau that they plan to build...

Generating Genius boys' summer school
SCHOOLBOYS ARE being invited to join an 'Apprentice-style' science summer school to be held at the University of West Indies (UWI) Mona, July 9-23. The free Generating Genius programme is looking to select 20 boys to add to the 10 who joined...

Applications open for Hubert Humphrey Fellowship
JAMAICAN PROFESSIONALS are being invited to apply for the Hubert H. Humphrey all-expenses one-year fellowship, to be taken at an American university. The U.S. Embassy will be nominating applicants based on their potential for national leadership.

Appeal Court hears fresh evidence from death row inmate
DEATH ROW inmate, 27-year-old Kevin Mayne, who was convicted of the murder of taxi driver Valerie Williams, of Christiana, Manchester, is applying to the Court of Appeal to call fresh evidence in an attempt to be set free.