JTA snubs offer - Threatens islandwide disruptions if wage demands not met by August
THE JAMAICA Teachers Association (JTA) yesterday rejected Government's latest salary offer and threatened islandwide disruptions to the education system if their demands are not met by August.
Cave Valley residents want probe into pregnant woman's death
OCHO RIOS, St Ann: RESIDENTS OF Cave Valley, St. Ann, are demanding that the Ministry of Health conduct a full investigation into the circumstances under which a pregnant woman from that area died in the Mandeville Hospital on Monday, after...
VOLUNTEER TODAY - Quality service at major events
THREE WEEKS ago, Volunteer Today looked at the ICC Cricket World Cup Volunteer Programme and the requirements to participate.Today, we listen to four experienced and three first time volunteers speak as it relates to giving efficient service...
Man faces carnal abuse charge
A MAN is facing a carnal abuse charge after he allegedly sexually assaulted a four-year-old girl in Manchester, the seventh such case in the parish involving a child under seven years old since April. Reports from the Mandeville branch of the Centre...
Sex offence protocol for churches - Document in embryonic stage, says Archbishop of Kingston
SPURRED BY the recent sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl in the presence of a church deacon, the Jamaica Council of Churches (JCC) is in the process of formulating a protocol to aid churches in dealing with sexual allegations brought against its...
Hizbollah top man pledges 'war'
BEIRUT (Reuters): HIZBOLLAH'S CHIEF pledged open war on Israel after it bombed his Beirut home yesterday in a dramatic expansion of an assault in Lebanon launched after Hizbollah fighters seized two Israeli soldiers and killed eight.
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