School vendor alert - Government, cops to target pedlars
THE GOVERNMENT is to begin a major clampdown on vending in the vicinity of schools, following further confirmation that some vendors have moved the ugly side of the dancehall into educational...

Teaching is in her blood - Past student returns to alma mater, spends 37 years moulding young lives
For the better part of 40 years Gloria Fisher has lived her passion - teaching - and all that time has been spent at the Bartons Primary School in South West St Catherine. "I love teaching, it is in my blood. I used to teach the trees and the stones as a child ...

Jamaica gearing up for big spenders with new policy
WESTERN BUREAU: MINISTER OF Tourism Edmund Bartlett says Jamaica could attract more 'high rollers' or heavy spenders with Cabinet's recent approval of an inventory-enrichment strategy to allow merchants to import more high-end products ...

Citrus bug detected in St Catherine
The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries revealed yesterday that it had detected a disease called citrus huanglongbing/citrus greening in St Catherine which, if not properly managed, could threaten Jamaica's $3.7-billion citrus industry....

LYN'S TRIAL - Judge pleads for jurors' patience
Senior Puisne Judge Marva McIntosh has called on the 12-member jury to have patience because of the frequent adjournments at the trial of the two men charged with the murder of Manchester couple, Richard and Julia Lyn...

'Bungles' defence accused of dragging feet
THE ABSENCE of a defence witness yesterday forced Senior Resident Magistrate Judith Pusey to grant an early adjournment in the case of Superintendent Harry 'Bungles' Daley. Daley is on trial in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court...