Repatriation bid for Haitians in limbo
WESTERN BUREAU: THE FATE of almost 500 Haitian refugees still hangs in the balance this morning as the Jamaican Government scrambles to overcome roadblocks that threaten to derail efforts to expedite their repatriation.

Remembering 'Mr Nice Guy' - Current JGRA boss recalls a dedicated LG Brown
LLOYD GEORGE Brown, the service station owner who was killed two days ago, was the proverbial 'Mr. Nice Guy' who was involved in the petrol industry for more than 30 years.

US court rules against use of 'medical' ganja
WASHINGTON (AP): UNITED STATES government authorities may prosecute sick people whose doctors prescribe marijuana to ease pain, the Supreme Court ruled yesterday, concluding that state laws don't protect users from a federal ban on the drug.

Standpipe stand-off - NWC awaits word from Local Gov't on $100m debt
THE NATIONAL Water Commission (NWC) is still awaiting word from the Ministry of Local Government on when it will be paid the more than $100 million owed for water supplied to communities through standpipes across the island.

St Ann labourer loses Privy Council appeal
THE ST. ANN man whose murder case the United Kingdom Privy Council objected to in 2001 because of the manner in which the DNA tests were conducted, lost his appeal yesterday against his conviction and sentence of life imprisonment.

Hindu ceremony for Indians killed in Monymusk fire
THE BODIES of the five Indian nationals who died in Sunday morning's residential fire at the Sugar Company of Jamaica's (SCJ) Monymusk Estate in Clarendon were to be cremated last night by Sam Isaacs' Funeral Home...

Gov't to clear name from US blacklist
THE GOVERNMENT has put an action plan in place to have Jamaica's name cleared from the United States Department of State's list of nations involved in human trafficking, amid staunch of defence of the report yesterday by Washington's Condoleezza Rice.

Prisoner makes bizarre escape on broken leg
WESTERN BUREAU: HANDCUFFED TO a bed and hobbled by a broken leg, a high-risk prisoner on a charge for breaches of the Firearms Act managed to escape from the Cornwall Regional Hospital in St. James early Sunday morning...