A gangster's den
WESTERN BUREAU: BLACK SHOP, located just outside John's Hall, in St. James, is normally a picture of peace and tranquility, far removed from the high-profile excitement normally associated with life in the nation's major urban centres.

Long lines upset visitors
WESTERN BUREAU: ACUTE shortage of immigration officers at the island's two major airports, Sangster and Norman Manley International, could put a damper on what promises to be a bumper tourist season.

'Hold their feet to the fire'
PRIME MINISTER Patterson, in his interview published in today's Sunday Gleaner, sets out the qualities which he would like the next leader of the PNP to have. Many will scrutinise his words to see if, in the importance attached to "securing..

Hard-to-beat Maxine
PHILLIP PAULWELL, People's National Party (PNP) deputy Region Three chairman, yesterday denied he was deliberately pitted against Maxine Henry-Wilson in today's race for deputy PNP chairman.

The Privy Council and the CCJ: Understanding the judgement
ON THURSDAY February 4, the London-based Privy Council issued its judgment in the case of The Independent Jamaica Council for Human Rights et al v. The Hon. Syringa Marshall-Burnett and the attorney-general of Jamaica.