Labour Day loses appeal
CITIZENS HAVE THROWN away their paintbrushes, shovels and brooms in exchange for personal benefit on Labour Day. According to figures received by THE STAR approximately 401 Labour Day projects were registered this year in comparison...

What some Jamaicans think about Labour Day
TO GET A feel as to what some Jamaicans think about Labour Day and whether or not they dug their hands into the soil to work last Labour Day we asked: Do you think that Jamaicans still participate in Labour Day projects?

Mom missing for 12 years
THE FAMILY OF 12-year-old Oraine Bennett is searching for his mother, Lisa Sutherland, after his father whom he lived with for 11 years died in 2004. A student of Rennock Lodge All Age, Oraine has become wild and indisciplined since his father's death...

Elderly men remanded again
THE TWO ELDERLY men charged with procuring a 14-year-old girl to become a prostitute, were again remanded when they appeared before the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Tuesday.

Service station attendant robbed
WALDERSTON MANCHESTER: A FEMALE ATTENDANT at Kirby's Service Station and Supermarket in Christiana, was robbed of the day's sale by a gunman who pretended to be on lawful business before effecting the crime. According to a supervisor...

Cops on attempted murder rap
Black River: LEIGHTON PERRY THE other policeman charged with wounding with intent in an attempted murder plot against a St. Elizabeth farmer, was granted bail in the sum of $200,000 with surety when he appeared in the Black River RM Court on Wednesday....

Labour Day themes and National Labour Day projects
EVERY YEAR THE National Labour Day project is organised under a central theme and focuses on one national project. The following is a list of national projects and the themes for the last five years. 2005 - "Prepare for Disaster recover faster"...