Bus-fare jitters - JUTC seeking up to 40 per cent hike
The state-run bus company is seeking a 40 per cent hike in adult fares despite its recent claim that it understands the financial constraints facing its customers. Ministry of Transport officials yesterday confirmed that the Jamaica Urban Transit Company...

Casino bill tops new legislative agenda
THE BILL to allow for casino gambling in Jamaica will be among the first to be debated when Parliament returns from its summer break next month.Prime Minister Bruce Golding told a Gleaner Editors' Forum that the debate on the casino bill ...

Brilliant Jonylle - Mandeville student excels
Jonylle Smith, a student of Victor Dixon High School (formerly West Indies College High School), topped the school in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations with 11 subjects including nine distinctions.Jonylle, who turned 16...

Twice unlucky - Cyclist dies after being hit by motor cars
A pedal cyclist died at the Falmouth Hospital from injuries he sustained after being hit by two motor cars along the Falmouth main road in Trelawny on Saturday.He has been identified as 52-year-old George...

Helping victims move on
Sharon Wright* witnessed the murder of three family members. She was brutally attacked in the same incident, but managed to survive. However, Wright is now severely traumatised and is literally afraid to leave her house. She has flashbacks and sleepless nights...

NHT records profit
Prime Minister Bruce Golding has reported that the National Housing Trust (NHT) has started to record profits since its decision to raise interest rates a year ago.Speaking at a Gleaner Editors' Forum, last week, Mr Golding said the NHT recorded $600 million ...

Aunt Floss gets birthday greetings from the Queen
BENSONTON, St Ann: There are so many special things about Aunt Floss, born, Floffie Louise Whyte. For one, she celebrates two birthdays in August each year. And this year she got a congratulatory message from Queen Elizabeth II of England on the occasion...