10-car smash-up
THE VISIBILITY hazard triggered by blazing cane fields near Highway 2000 yesterday led to a major traffic accident along the toll road causing a 10-vehicle pileup that left several persons injured.
Riot alert - Prison unrest looms over condom dispute
PRISON UNREST looms as Health Minister Horace Dalley's call for condoms to be distributed in correctional insti-tutions has reportedly angered some inmates and warders. Up to late last night inmates at five maximum-security prisons were on edge...
'25,000 Jamaicans have HIV' - 15,000 don't know status - Health Ministry widens testing
CLAIMING THAT more persons are ready to know their HIV/AIDS status, the National HIV/STI Control Programme in the Ministry of Health (MoH) is moving to expand and increase testing through its outreach programmes.
Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) to reshuffle some Portmore bus routes
POTENTIAL FINANCIAL fallout from the imminent Portmore toll has forced the already unprofitable Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) to mull over new strategies including adjusting some bus routes.
Canada firm joins oil hunt
A SECOND company has been granted oil exploration rights off the coast of Jamaica, says Dr. Raymond Wright, former group managing director of the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ).
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