Ja Junior Chamber proposes crime plan for Spanish Town
THE JAMAICA Junior Chamber has recommended a new crime fighting strategy called Operation Cease Fire, to combat the perennial crime problem facing Spanish Town, St. Catherine.

Dr Shah moves up the ranks
DR. DIPAK J. Shah, senior lecturer in the Depar-tment of Pathology has been promoted to the rank of professor of (Anatomical) pathology at the University of the West Indies (UWI), effective May 2004.

Court reduces men's prison time
THREE OF the four men who were given stiff prison sentences ranging from 10 to 25 years after they pleaded guilty in 2002 to the record find of 41,000 rounds of ammunition were successful yesterday in having their sentences reduced...

Causeway stand-off - Tension mounts between fisherfolk and contractors
WITH JUST three days left for the Port Authority of Jamaica's (PAJ) eviction notice to expire...

MoBay Port to beef up security features
WESTERN BUREAU: ADDITIONAL SECURITY features are to be added over the next two months at the Montego Bay Port where just over $70 million has already been spent on improving the infrastructure and security, according to Tony Bowen, manager of the port.

Canterbury fire victims get help
WESTERN BUREAU: VICTIMS OF a devastating fire in the inner-city community of Canterbury, St. James, were yesterday the recipients of much-needed assistance from the Food for the Poor charity organisation.