A heart for art - Schoolgirl draws on passion for creativity
Nickiesha Allen, a fifth-form student at Tarrant High School, is on her way to a career in the visual arts. Allen is the school's top achiever in art and has won two trophies and certificates at Jamaica Cultural Development Commission...

The fortunes of Lucky Hill
A couple of miles south of Gayle in St Mary is a little town named Lucky Hill. Lucky Hill is about five miles as the crow flies dead east of Walkerswood in the neighbouring parish of St Ann...

EPA forum for businesses to take place in Kingston
As the global marketplace becomes more anaemic, the Caribbean Council will next month host a forum aimed at improving private businesses' understanding of how the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) will be implemented....

Cabinet cuts not enough, says PNP
THE OPPOSITION People's National Party (PNP) has said the Government has not gone far enough in cutting the size of the Cabinet. Jamaica House on Monday announced that three ministers had resigned. The size of the executive now stands at 17, two fewer than the 19...

Substantial CDF support for education in Northern Clarendon
Seventeen students from Northern Clarendon are the beneficiaries of scholarships, totalling $500,000, from the Constituency Development Fund (CDF). The scholarships were awarded as part of an educational programme run by the constituency's member...

MPs commend Smith's service
THE HOUSE of Representatives has hailed Derrick Smith for his service to the Parliament. The 64-year-old Smith, who has been lamed by ill health following a bout of diabetes which has threatened one of his legs, resigned as leader of government business in the House on Monday.