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| Beware of move to remove God from schools' devotion, Blaine warns |
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| Blaine. two major challenges are facing our schools (Photo: Pat Roxborough-Wright) |
ROSE HALL, St James - Betty-Ann Blaine, convener of Hear the Children's Cry and Youth Opportunities Unlimited, yesterday cautioned educators to be vigilant in the face of what she described as a move to take God out of the island's public schools.
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Gov't responds to crime wave |
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Friday, May 09, 2008
The Government yesterday sought to deflect increasing flak over its seeming lethargy on the frightening crime wave sweeping the island by announcing a number of old and new initiatives aimed at reducing all illegal acts, from murders to misdemeanours.
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Bishop Blair wants pardon for convicted confessed cop |
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Friday, May 09, 2008
POLITICAL Ombudsman Bishop Herro Blair has written to Governor General Sir Kenneth Hall, seeking a pardon for convicted policeman Carey Lyn-Sue.
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RIU Hotel under scrutiny |
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Friday, May 09, 2008
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Amid reports that the RIU Hotel at Mahoe Bay near Montego Bay is building a fifth floor that would be a further slap in the face of the Government, officials will visit the site today to determine what the hotel is up to.
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Grange wants speedier response to Access to Information requests |
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Friday, May 09, 2008
INFORMATION Minister OIivia 'Babsy' Grange says her ministry will be taking steps to improve procedures relating to the Access to Information Act, to speed up the response time for requests.
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'For 300 years we have been giving children some serious licks' |
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Friday, May 09, 2008
EDUCATION Minister Andrew Holness says schools would be supported in alternative methods of instilling discipline, instead of the use of corporal punishment, which he called demeaning and outdated.
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Women lash dual citizenship flaws |
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Thursday, May 08, 2008
THE dual citizenship restriction that forced Daryl Vaz to renounce his United States citizenship and Danville Walker to resign his position as director of elections, was roundly condemned yesterday as "archaic and insulting".
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Orrett Fisher appointed acting director of elections |
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Thursday, May 08, 2008
ORRETT Fisher has been appointed acting director of elections, in the wake of the resignation of Danville Walker from that position.
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Teachers get a break for Teacher's Day |
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Thursday, May 08, 2008
TEACHERS across the corporate area got an unusual break yesterday as students and some private sector groups took over their classrooms in observance of Teacher's Day.
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Present work should prevent further flooding on Palisadoes road, says minister |
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Thursday, May 08, 2008
GOVERNMENT has given the assurance that work presently being done on the Palisadoes main road, the only access road to the Norman Manley International Airport, should prevent any further flooding.
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Evicted squatter bemoans effects of crime, poverty |
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Thursday, May 08, 2008
ORATIO Williams, 42, is caught between a rock and a hard place.
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KSAC to build monument to remember slain children |
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Thursday, May 08, 2008
THE Kingston and St Andrew Corporation (KSAC) is to seek the support of the private sector to build a monument commemorating the lives of children who die violently in the Corporate Area.
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VOUCH finally gets help to repair roof damaged by hurricane |
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Thursday, May 08, 2008
THE FirstCaribbean International Bank Jamaica Limited has donated $200,000 to assist in repairing the roof of the clinic at the Voluntary Organisation for the Upliftment of Children (VOUCH), which was damaged by Hurricane Dean last year August.
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18 J'can women get jobs as seafood packers in Canada |
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Thursday, May 08, 2008
EIGHTEEN Jamaican women left the capital, Kingston, on Monday for Canada to take up jobs as seafood packers.
"This is part of an initiative by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security to include more females in the Canadian labour market," the ministry said in a press statement yesterday. The ages of the women range from 21 to 39.
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Pandemic flu threat remains substantial, health experts say |
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Thursday, May 08, 2008
GENEVA, Switzerland (AP) - The world still faces a substantial threat of a flu pandemic and countries need to speed up preparations for a global outbreak, health experts said Tuesday.
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