Pilots not taking strike action against Air J
THE JAMAICAN Airline Pilots Association (JALPA) said yesterday that it would not take strike action against the decision of Air Jamaica management to make 40 pilots redundant, but the association said it was prepared to go to court.

Molested 11-y-o girl taken from hospital
POLICE ARE searching for an 11-year-old-girl who was reportedly taken by her father from a ward at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) last Thursday.

Residents protest police shooting in West Kgn - One dead, cop, two others injured in shoot-out
WEST KINGSTON residents yesterday protested outside Denham Town Police Station against Tuesday's shooting of a Milk Lane resident by a joint police/military patrol.

GCT hike on sugar industry irks officials
WESTERN BUREAU: SUGAR INDUSTRY officials yesterday lambasted the government for what they say is an unfair implementation of the General Consumption Tax (GCT) between different sectors.

Gov't moves to ease prison overcrowding - Some inmates of Tower St, St Catherine facilities being transferred to Tamarind Farm
THE MINISTRY of National Security has begun transferring inmates to the Tamarind Farm Adult Correctional Centre, Spanish Town, St. Catherine, in an effort to cut down on overcrowding ...

Baugh wants rural water woes addressed
OPPOSITION SPOKESMAN on Health, Dr. Ken Baugh, yesterday urged Government to address the unavailability of potable water in rural communities, which he said is spawning poverty.