Jury selection jump-starts 'Braeton seven' murder trial
THIRTY FOUR witnesses will be called by the Crown to help prove the case against the six policemen charged with the murder of seven young men in Braeton, St. Catherine, just under four years ago.

Wanted: Safe abortion services in Jamaica
A WOMAN, who has had two abortions more than seven years ago, says she still feels depressed on the anniversary dates of the procedures.

Jamaica's poor in need of 'decent work'
JAMAICA'S WORKING population consists of almost 70 per cent of the island's poor.

Three businessmen sue crime-fighting 'Kingfish'
THREE BUSINESSMEN have filed the first lawsuit arising from the recently introduced Operation Kingfish crime-fighting plan. They are Noel King and David Chin, of Montego Bay, St. James, and Wayne Chin, of Morningside Drive, Kingston 19.

Students protest hike in ID costs
UNRULY CONDUCT, including the unprovoked use of expletives, blocking of a roadway and attacking a teacher's motor car, marked a demonstration by hundreds of students on the morning shift of the St. James High School in Montego Bay,...

PM asked to resolve labour dispute
UNION REPRESENTATIVES have written to Prime Minister P.J. Patterson requesting his intervention in a brewing dispute between Labour and Social Security Minister, Horace Dalley and some union leaders.