Debate on OUR Bill tomorrow
PRESSURED BY public complaints against the utility companies, in addition to requests for rate increases submitted by some of them, the Government is to start debating the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) Bill in the House of Representatives,...

Daring daylight robbery
THE POLICE have launched a hunt for two men who staged a multi-million dollar robbery at the Shoppers Fair Supermarket in the Portmore Plaza, St. Catherine, yesterday morning. Reports from the Constabu-lary Communication Network (CCN) say that at about..

Helping mothers handle adolescents
In May the Rural Family Support Organisation (Rufamso) beat out a list of agencies from around the world to win the United Nations Children's Fund most prestigious award.

The two tourist worlds

THERE are two clearly defined tourist worlds in Jamaica -- have been for some time now, thanks to the entrepreneurial spirit of John Issa and Gordon "Butch" Stewart.

$400m to treat AIDS patients
AN ANNUAL budget of nearly $400 million for drug therapy is required if the Government decides to treat AIDS patients attending public hospitals with the expensive antiretroviral drugs which can improve their quality of life. Dr. Yitades Gebre, director.