Port Authority tightens security at borders for holiday season
EXPERTS HAVE warned that the massive influx of people into the island during the Yuletide season heightens the vulnerability of the country's borders to contraband.

More professionals selected for CSME
ARCHITECTS AND engineers are the latest group of professionals selected to operate in the Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME) that is to come on stream next January, Prime Minister P.J. Patterson disclosed yesterday.

MoBay set to benefit from casino gambling
WESTERN BUREAU: BUSINESSMAN Winston Dear expects government to legalise casino gaming during the current administration and is predicting that it will bring tremendous benefit to Montego Bay, which is now being viewed as a major economic centre in the...

Students march for peace in Kingston
HUNDREDS OF students representing secondary and tertiary institutions across the island joined in solidarity on Wednesday to denounce violence and promote peace in a march that lasted for two hours. The peace march was organised by the National Centre...

ONR closes verifications today
THE OFFICE of National Reconstruction (ONR) will today close off its verification of applications made by persons whose houses were damaged by Hurricane Ivan in September. Danville Walker, chief executive officer at the ONR, gave the assurance to...

DPP weighs in on trial
THE MURDER trial of 39-year-old Paul Gooden, which has attracted a lot of public attention, continued yesterday with Kent Pantry, Q.C., director of public prosecutions (DPP), saying he will be dropping 'bombshells' to convince the jury...