New commissioner gets passing grade
MORE PEOPLE are convinced that Commissioner of Police Lucius Thomas is doing a good job, compared to those who believe that he has been largely ineffective. This is one of the findings of a recent poll conducted for the Gleaner Company by Don Anderson...

House approves loans for Air J
PARLIAMENT YESTERDAY granted approval for loans totalling US $335 million for refinancing Air Jamaica. In addition to a US$200 million bond, the airline raised on the international capital market last week...

Portland council barred from installing new mayor
PORT ANTONIO: ONLY ONE day after the resignation of Port Antonio's Mayor Alston Hunter, there is a new twist in the mushrooming leadership crisis which has embroiled the Portland Parish Council (PPC).

Girl shot dead by teenage boy
A 14-YEAR-OLD schoolgirl was shot and killed yesterday at her home on Freeman's Lane, Kingston 13. She has been identified as Shauna-Kay Brown, a student of Melrose Primary and Junior High.

Boot camp! Hundreds of disorderly teens given final reprieve
HUNDRED troubled teens whose disorderly behaviour has left them on the verge of being kicked out of Corporate Area high schools, have been given one final reprieve - they're being sent off to a 'behaviour modifying' summer camp...

Benefits to flow from oil deal - First shipment of Venezuelan crude expected by month-end
CONSUMERS SHOULD by next month begin to pay less for petroleum products as a result of last week's signing of the Energy Co-operation Agreement -Petrocaribe - between Jamaica and Venezuela.