Alpart cuts again
ANOTHER 250 bauxite workers are to lose their jobs at Aluminium Partners of Jamaica (Alpart). Those being sent home are non-permanent, unskilled persons. The exercise will bring to 400 the total number of people sent home from the bauxite plant, which is struggling....

Double murder in Montego Bay - Women killed execution style
WESTERN BUREAU: The homicide rate for St James was pushed to seven since the start of the year following yesterday's double murder of two women, who investigators say were shot execution style at the Ironshore Industrial Estate in Montego Bay...

Manpower, Government team up to train youths
The Audrey Hinchcliffe-led Manpower and Maintenance Services and the Ministry of Labour and Social Security are partnering to train and provide employment for an initial 500 youths. The move takes place as the country seeks to restructure its workforce...

Public school inspections to begin this September
Come September, inspection will begin in the island's more than 1,000 public primary and secondary schools, in an effort to improve their performance.Elaine Foster-Allen, chief inspector at the National Education Inspectorate (NEI), said 300 schools would be inspected...

Priest killer given manslaughter
A Home Circuit Court jury deliberated for three hours yesterday and convicted 25-year-old Prince Vale of manslaughter, arising from the fatal stabbing of Anglican priest, Father Richard Johnson, on November 12, 2006. Vale was charged with murder but the jury found him guilty...

'They are a bunch of actors' - Citizens believe National Prayer Breakfast needs new purpose
Some Jamaicans are not convinced that the National Leadership Prayer Breakfast (NLPB) has, for the last two decades, served its purpose. Eight out of 10 individuals contacted by The Gleaner yesterday said they believed the annual event seemed to be more for pageantry ...