Patterson tours devastated Portland - Rafting industry wiped out
PRIME MINISTER P.J. Patterson toured the ravaged Rio Grande Valley yesterday, getting a first-hand look at the devastation dealt to Portland's largest farming village by Hurricane Dennis last week.

Policeman killed in Sp Town
SPANISH TOWN: EVERETTE KILDERE, a 54-year-old sergeant in the Jamaica Constabulary Force, was shot and killed on Oxford Street in Spanish Town yesterday morning.

Aluminium smelter for T&T
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad: DESPITE DAILY protests by residents, Prime Minister Patrick Manning says a multimillion dollar aluminium smelter plant will be built at Cap De Ville in south-west Trinidad.

Local human rights group condemns London attacks
THE INDEPENDENT Jamaican Council for Human Rights (IJCHR) has condemned last week's terrorist attacks in London that left over 50 persons dead. In a statement released Friday, the day after the attack, the human rights organisation...

'Dennis' hammers US Gulf Coast
PENSACOLA, Fla., (Reuters): HURRICANE DENNIS raced ashore on the United States Gulf Coast on Sunday with ferocious 120-mph (195 kph) winds and pounding waves that lashed an area still scarred by last year's storms.

Lordly display by West Indies
THIRTY YEARS ago, the first Cricket World Cup was played in England. It was 60 overs per side, and the favourites were England and Australia. But after a narrow escape against Pakistan, the West Indies lifted the trophy - thanks.