Euro bonds ease cash crunch
THE GOVERNMENT has got a temporary reprieve from its cash shortage, having raised 200 million euros (US$253 million) in a sale of euro-denominated bonds on the open market.

Florida, Ja sign crime agreement - Partnership will target gangs, guns, drugs, money-laundering
NATIONAL SECURITY Minister Dr. Peter Phillips, on Tuesday signed an agreement with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to establish co-operation against crime.

Uproar as RM reverses verdict
THERE HAS been an uproar in legal circles following Resident Magistrate Carol DaCosta's decision to reverse the sentence she had imposed on a tourist who pleaded guilty on January 13 to unlawful wounding.

'Respect law and order' - Phillips urges deeper co-operation between public, security forces
"IT IS very clear that it is not possible to isolate the criminal minority unless there is a wide-ranging and deeper co-operation between the general citizenry of law-abiding persons and the security forces"...

Dogs maul 81-y-o woman to death
AMY MURPHY, 81, was attacked and killed by a pack of vicious dogs on the compound of the Golden Age Home on St. Joseph's Road, St. Andrew yesterday morning.

JLP pledges to unearth fiscal deficit information
THE OPPOSITION Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) is pledging to take action through Parliament to force Government to reveal the true state of the nation's fiscal deficit.