Training offered to Haiti police
POLICE COMMISSIONER Francis Forbes says the Jamaican Police Force is willing to assist in the training of Haitian police officers at the Police Academy, once conditions are back to normal in that country.

Ja on drug smuggling blacklist
UNITED STATES President George W. Bush has listed Jamaica among 24 countries identified as chiefly responsible for the producing and trans-shipping of illicit drugs into the U.S.

Burke lambastes PNP top brass for being 'unfaithful'
THE PAUL Burke-led Campaign for Transformation lashed out Sunday against Prime Minister P.J. Patterson's leadership, noting that the People's National Party president has failed to stamp his authority in the party...

Customers vow to cut land-line telephones
A NUMBER of Cable and Wireless Jamaica (C&WJ) land-line customers say they are seriously planning to give up the facility as the company's increased domestic telephone rates took effect yesterday.

Jamaica and IMF to tackle economic woes
THE INTERNATIONAL Monetary Fund (IMF) has accepted an 'invitation' from Jamaica to help devise an economic plan aimed at containing the burgeoning public debt and reduce the cost of servicing the debt over the medium term.