The Nurses Association of Jamaica (NAJ) has given the finance ministry until 10:00 a.m. this morning to make available a document, which it needs to clarify aspects of the reclassification exercise for its members.
The Western regional Healthy Authority is reporting a significant increase in Western Jamaica in the number of cases of conjunctivitis, commonly called pink eye.
A section of the of the Retirement Landfill in Montego Bay, St James is now on fire following what the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) said is the work of arsonists.
Prime Minister Bruce Golding has demanded the immediate resignation of the board of the Urban Development Corporation, (UDC), citing disappointment in the board’s performance.
The opposition, People’s National Party (PNP), has called for legislation to require all domestic financial institutions to contribute to a reserve fund.
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has commended the government for measures it has implemented in an effort to curb violence against children.
The police in Westmoreland are still to locate Richardo Rodney, 20, who is accused of stabbing his uncle to death during a dispute in Leamington, Westmoreland yesterday afternoon.
Several students of the Maggotty High School in St. Elizabeth have been hospitalised following a gas leak on a section of the school compound this morning.
The police High Command is seeking to assure the public that investigations into the theft of sand from a development site in Coral Springs, Trelawny is ongoing.
A number of taxi operators who ply the May Pen to Rectory Road route in Clarendon withdrew their services this morning in protest against the killing of one of their colleagues last night.
A task force set up by the tourism ministry will today be seeking to craft a plan of action to prevent a fallout in tourist arrivals from key markets as a result of the world financial crisis.
