Controversy over call for State of Emergency
KINGSLEY THOMAS, chairman of the National Housing Trust (NHT), has made a controversial call for the imposition of a State of Emergency to stem the surging crime wave.

20 detained in Clarendon
MORE THAN 20 persons were detained in Clarendon yesterday, following a massive operation conducted with members of the Special Anti-Crime Task Force (SACTF).

Microphone glitches pause education debate
THE DEBATE on Opposition Leader Edward Seaga's call for Government to abandon cost-sharing and financing of education through the Programme for Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH)...

Notice gets funds to repair market
SPANISH TOWN, St. Catherine: SPANISH TOWN Mayor Raymoth Notice announced yesterday that the Ministry of Local Government has agreed to give his Council just over $2 million to effect emergency repairs to the Spanish Town Market.

Work permits for Haitians approved
WESTERN BUREAU: AFTER ALMOST two years in Jamaica, the future of six Haitians who washed ashore on the island in November 2001, seems assured when their application for work permits was yesterday approved by the Ministry of Labour.