North Trelawny making good use of the CDF
WESTERN BUREAU: While critics continue to affix the 'pork barrel' label to the Government's $1.2 billion Constituency Development Fund (CDF), for Patrick Harris, the member of parliament for North Trelawny, it is a blessing for his constituents...

'Jamaica needs to break the cycle of dependency'
A university lecturer says Jamaica has to break the cycle of dependency if it is to recover from the economic downturn."We have to be creative in removing ourselves from this dependency syndrome," Dr Michael Barnett, lecturer at the University...

Golding mulls organ bank, junk-food tax
OCHO RIOS, St Ann: Prime Minister Bruce Golding says he has taken steps that could see the establishment an organ bank in Jamaica, where organs such as the liver and kidney of persons who have died may be transplanted.Delivering the fourth annual Hugh...