'Hello Neighbour' celebrates four years
Hi neighbour! Breaking news! After 12 years of gestation in the "womb of my mind", this writer gave birth to a strong and bouncing idea by the name of 'Hello Neighbour'. Today we celebrate four years since it became flesh. Conception began 16 years ago...
Fresh wind blows for youth in Windsor
WINDSOR, St Ann: There's a new and refreshing air of expectation blowing across the depressed community of Windsor in St Ann's Bay.Youngsters of the community are being targeted by the Junior Chamber International (JCI), Ocho Rios, for uplifting...
Ken Jones no longer with OPM
Less than eight months after he was appointed spokesman for Jamaica House and director of communications in the Office of the Prime Minister, veteran journalist Ken Jones has quit.Jones left Jamaica House more than a month ago but there was no official...
Pica Corner - Addressing the new passport fees
Last week, the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA) announced adjustments to the prices of some of its services and the addition of some new offerings. The following information highlights these new developments and answers....
PNPYO asks why Whiteman must go
THE YOUTH arm of the Opposition People's National Party (PNP) has asked that Government provide reasons for the recall of Burchell Whiteman as the country's high commissioner to London.The PNP Youth Organisation (PNPYO) has taken issue with the response...
Gov't: Aerodrome plans progressing satisfactorily
SPALDINGS, Clarendon: Plans by the Government to have a number of aerodromes in sections of the island up and running are progressing satisfactorily, according to Transport Minister Mike Henry. Henry was reporting on his stewardship of the transport and works portfolio...
Councillor freed of ganja charges
The Crown has offered no evidence against 48-year-old Errol Lamey, former councillor for the Mount Salem division in St James. Lamey was freed Monday of charges of possession of ganja, conspiracy to export ganja and dealing...
Matalon's ideas for Jamaica's growth
The following are excerpts of a speech delivered last week by the president of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), Joseph M. Matalon. It was made at the launch of Productivity Awareness Week in Kingston. I reviewed with great interest the recently...
Diaspora Committee meeting scheduled for December 3
THE DIASPORA Affairs Committee of Parliament is scheduled to have its first meeting on December 3 at Gordon House.Parliament appointed the committee in March 2009, but since that time no meeting had been set. Committee Chairman Dr Ronald Robinson told...
UNFPA crosses new frontiers with '09 report
AHEAD OF next month's United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Copenhagen, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) crosses new frontiers with the launch of its state of world population 2009 report today.
Adams fires back at Smith
A war of words has developed between former National Security Minister Derrick Smith and former Senior Superintendent Reneto Adams over the vacant police commissioner post.Smith fired the first salvo on Sunday when he told cheering Jamaica Labour Party...