Digicel's bid to quash OUR's decision begins
LEGAL ARGUMENTS began on Tuesday in the motion brought by Digicel Jamaica which is seeking a declaration from the Judicial Review Court that the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) had no authority to regulate its rates.

Public Defender to target deadbeat dads overseas
HOWARD HAMILTON, Q.C., the Public Defender, is to make one of his main projects this year, extending the jurisdiction of the Maintenance Act to make deadbeat fathers in the United States and Canada support their offspring in Jamaica.

Substandard watersports craft threatens tourism in Ocho Rios
MANY UNLICENSED watersport operators in Ocho Rios have been endangering the lives of visitors by using substandard craft to provide their services, presenting what local officials see as a threat to the tourism industry.

Release postal audit - Shaw
AUDLEY SHAW, the Jamaica Labour Party's (JLP) spokesman on Finance yesterday called for the immediate release of the Auditor-General's audit of the island's postal services.

Ninja Man arrested
DANCEHALL DEEJAY Ninja Man (Desmond Ballentine) was arrested yesterday by the St. Mary police on sexual assault charges and has been remanded in custody.

110 more jobs slashed at Customs
ANOTHER 110 employees of the Jamaica Customs Department have lost their jobs, bringing to 352 the number of persons to have been displaced as part of measures being undertaken by the Ministry of Finance and Planning to modernise the revenue agency.

Government appeals court ruling on Telecoms Act
THE GOVERNMENT has filed an appeal against the Constitutional Court's ruling on December 20 last year that the exclusive licence granted to Cable and Wireless Jamaica under the Telecommunications Act 2000 was unconstitutional.

Record cocaine seizure in 2002
JOINT ANTI-NARCOTICS operations last year, involving local and overseas law enforcement officers, resulted in a record seizure of over 3,700 kilograms of cocaine and a significant increase in the number of Colombian nationals arrested.