'We're not ready' - School blames Government's lateness
We're not ready, we're just not ready." That's the word from the Ocho Rios Primary School, days before the start of the 2009-2010 academic year, set for Monday, September 7.

Across the Nation
About 346 students drawn from 11 inner city communities in Montego Bay were presented with back-to-school gift packages on Monday by the St James Peace Management Initiative (PMI).

Annotto Bay gears up for PM
Residents of Annotto Bay, St Mary, and surrounding areas will be able to meet Prime Minister Bruce Golding at his next town hall meeting at the St Theresa Church on September 9, starting at 7 p.m.

Armadale Enquiry - Building deemed unfit
The building that housed girls at the Armadale Juvenile Correctional Centre was unfit, said Commissioner of Corrections June Spence-Jarrett. "This dorm was not built to accommodate children. It's out of desperation why we had to place the children there," she said, adding that the dorm had not been built to international specifications.