Bloody weekend - Toll moves to 656
JUST HOURS AFTER Prime Minister P. J. Patterson and Opposition Leader, Edward Seaga agreed to the formation of a national committee to fight crime and violence, communities across the Corporate Area were again rocked by a series of murders.

Ja loses out on group bookings
WESTERN BUREAU: THREE YEARS from now Jamaica will still be reeling from the effects of the July riots and violence in West Kingston as several meeting and incentives groups who had booked accommodation in Jamaican hotels up to the year 2004...

US pastor hits out at ganja proposal at bishop`s instalment
A UNITED STATES-based Pentecostal Minister on Saturday called on local Christians to say no to recommendations to decriminalise the use of ganja.

Fire officer wins dress appeal

THE COURT of Appeal has ordered the Jamaica Fire Brigade Board to return with interest at 15 per cent, the three days' pay deducted from the salary of Herbert Hall, an Assistant Commissioner of the Fire Brigade for breaches of the Fire Brigade...

Massive clean-up programme at Mandeville school
MANDEVILLE, Manchester: MANDEVILLE PRIMARY and Junior High School on Caledonia Road in the town of Mandeville, Manchester, is now undergoing a massive clean-up and beautification programme in preparation for the next school term.

JLP lashes Knight on video tape issue
THE OPPOSITION Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) is calling on Minister of National Security and Justice, K.D. Knight, to explain how video tapes of events which took place during the July 7-10 unrest in West Kingston, made...