St James wanted man killed
WESTERN BUREAU: A MAN who was being sought for the brutal slaying of a 22-year-old man in Fern Square, Cambridge, St. James, last November, was shot and killed by the police in an alleged shoot-out on Tuesday.

PM to meet with urban renewal group
LOCAL GOVERNMENT Minister, Portia Simpson Miller, will wait until Prime Minister P.J. Patterson conducts a meeting with a group examining urban renewal proposals submitted by the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce...

Jamaican men urged to avoid multiple sex partners
CONTACT INVESTIGATOR in St. Ann for Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), Rose Gaynor, has called on Jamaican men to avoid multiple sex partners and to maintain healthy lifestyles.

Health fair for youth in St Ann today
THE ADOLESCENT Friendly Group, which operates out of the Alexandria Community Hospital in St. Ann, will be hosting a health fair for young people on the grounds of the Aabuthnott Gallimore High School, today, starting at 10:00 a.m.

LOJ makes new offer to Island Life shareholders
LIFE OF Jamaica has made an offer to all the ordinary shareholders of Island Life Insurance Company Limited (Island Life) to acquire all the issued ordinary shares of Island Life.

Treasurer fined for defrauding Jamaica Cancer Society
PORUS, Manchester: ELIAS AZAN, 43, was fined $200,000 or six months in prison at hard labour when he reappeared in the Mandeville Resident Magistrate's Court on Tuesday on charges of fraudulent conversion.

Twenty-six vie for PM's Youth Award For Excellence
THE PRIME Minister's Youth Award for Excellence and Jamaica Youth in Concert, will take place on Sunday December 1, at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre, at 5:00 p.m.

Hearing postponed for Jamaican woman
ST. JOHN'S, Antigua (AP): A MAGISTRATE yesterday postponed a bail hearing for a Jamaican woman charged with fraudulently obtaining an Antiguan passport with help from US sniper suspect John Allen Muhammad.

Assamba calls for greater attention to food safety in service industry
OCHO RIOS, St. Ann: ALOUN N'DOMBET Assamba, Minister of Industry and Tourism, has pointed to the need for greater attention to be paid to food safety and hygiene in the service industry.

Moldovian delegation in Ja to study JSIF
A SIX-MEMBER delegation from the Social Investment Fund of Moldova, an eastern European country, is currently in the island for a nine-day study tour to examine the "best practices" developed by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF).

Dr John Lindo, nominee for young scientist award
NOMINEE FOR the Scientific Research Council/Blue Cross Young Scientist/Technologist Award, Dr. John Lindo, developed a love for the sciences in his formative high school years, with a passion for Biology and Chemistry.