Yardie gangs control cocaine network in Britain
LONDON: ACCORDING TO Jamaican police, there are now 500 suspected Jamaican criminals operating in Britain, running a drug trade that brings about 200 pounds of cocaine from Jamaica into Britain each week with a street value of more than £4.5m.

MoBay's homeless finally get help
THE $20,000 PER month compensation to be paid to the homeless and mentally ill people who were scooped up from the streets of Montego Bay, has begun to flow to the recipients, long after a Commission of Enquiry ordered redress.

Killed for looking like a policeman
JAMAICA OBSERVER photo-lithographer Michael Thompson, 42, was shot dead Saturday night for looking like a policeman. Mr. Thompson, who lived in Havendale, St. Andrew was the only fatality in the hold-up of a minibus by two gunmen...

Take a firm stand, Seaga urges PM
OPPOSITION LEADER Edward Seaga has challenged Prime Minister P.J. Patterson to take a "firm stand" against Government ministers accused of gross negligence resulting from the loss of millions of dollars in public funds.

'Potential for further growth and influence'
Address by Her Majesty The Queen to the Jamaican Parliament on February 19, 2002. I THANK you on behalf of Prince Philip and myself for your kind words of welcome. We are both delighted to be back here on this our sixth visit to Jamaica.