Red Stripe restructuring begins - 20 casualties announced, two positions removed
Red Stripe Jamaica will be sending home 20 persons in June. Two senior management posts will also be eliminated.

Cuban group begs for help to free communist country
One Cuban group is taking full advantage of the opportunity presented by the Fifth Summit of the Americas to rally the support of democratic leaders of the Caribbean and Latin America in highlighting human-rights issues in the communist state.

US and Cuba trade gestures of peace
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP): Trading their warmest words in a half-century, the United States and Cuba pressed ahead Friday with a dizzying series of gestures as leaders of the Americas gathered for a summit.The momentum was so great that the head of...

Court puts doctors' strike on hold
The Ministry of Labour late yesterday afternoon secured a 28-day injunction from the Supreme Court of Jamaica to prevent industrial action by the Jamaica Medical Doctors Association (JMDA).The JMDA had signalled its...

Wint's plan for tertiary education
OCHO RIOS, St Ann: Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University of the West Indies (UWI), Professor Alvin Wint, has made a raft of recommendations to affect the financing of tertiary education in the region. Speaking at a Jamaica...

SDC emasculated, says Minister Grange
MINISTER OF Youth, Sports and Culture, Olivia 'Babsy' Grange, went on the offensive at Thursday's sitting of Parliament's Standing Finance Committee, accusing the Opposition People's National Party (PNP) of reducing the Social Development Commission...

Across the nation
KINGSTON: The disturbing problem of sexual harassment in the private and public spheres will come under the microscope on Tuesday, April 21, when the Bureau of Women's Affairs (BWA) and Women's Media Watch-Jamaica...