Nurses blast Government of Jamaica in salary stand-off
SEVERAL DISGRUNTLED nurses across the Corporate Area took to the streets yesterday in a two-hour protest to press for better wages after what they claimed is Government's ambivalence to long-delayed salary negotiations.

MoU2 team pushing for secretariat
THE MONITORING and Evaluation Committee of the second public sector Memorandum of Understanding (MoU2) will be meeting for the first time today since the accord was signed on May 30. The meeting is being held at the Ministry of Finance...

New police HQ on track for Jamintel building
PREPARATIONS FOR the relocation of the police headquarters to the former Jamintel building on Duke Street, downtown Kingston, are proceeding apace, according to Dr. Peter Phillips, the Minister of National Security. While not confirming a timetable...

Parents angry at Suthermere Prep closure
MORE THAN 50 angry parents converged on the grounds of the Suthermere Preparatory School yesterday morning, bewildered at a decision to close the school at the end of July. The Gleaner had reported yesterday that the St. Andrew school would cease...

Parliament renovation on agenda
THE HOUSE Committee of Parliament will begin considering options for improving the physical state of Parliament, shortly after the summer recess. The committee will examine all the possibilities, including whether to expand and upgrade...

Manslaughter trial stalled
WESTERN BUREAU: THE ABSENCE of one of the attorneys in the case against 20-year-old Raine Russell, who is charged with the death of Gleaner Company truck driver, 63-year-old Cedric Evangelist, has stalled the start of the preliminary enquiry...

Protesters slam church for defending deacon
MEMBERS OF civil society yesterday staged a peaceful demonstration in front of the Dayton Avenue Church of God, the worship centre of the deacon at the heart of the sexual assault case involving a teenage girl.

Portmore fare hike looms
THE NATIONAL Transport Cooperative Society (NTCS) is contemplating a fare increase to counter the effects of the introduction of a $200 toll on the Portmore leg of Highway 2000, according to the bus company's president Ezroy Millwood.