McKenzie knocks relocation proposal
MAYOR OF Kingston, Desmond McKenzie yesterday objected to the proposed relocation of downtown Kingston residents to facilitate crime fighting, arguing instead for the acceleration of plans to redevelop the heart of the capital.

Plane crash in Venezuela kills 160
CARACAS, Venezuela, (Reuters): A COLOMBIAN charter jet carrying tourists from Panama to Martinique crashed in Venezuela yesterday after its engines failed, killing all 160 aboard in one of the country's worst air disasters.

Two murdered, rival gangs upset calm in east Kingston
UP TO a month ago, the violence-plagued communities of Shoe Lane and Black Street in the McIntyre Villa area of east Kingston were buzzing with activity; children playing in the streets and groups of young people socialising on the...

NCU student drowns in France
TWENTY TWO-YEAR-OLD André Romel, a mass communications student at the Northern Caribbean University (NCU), drowned on Monday while on a tour of France. Romel, who was on his summer break, was with a female friend, Khadi.

Pickersgill to decide on taxi fare by Friday
MINISTER OF Transport Robert Pickersgill will by Friday, announce his decision on taxi operators' call for a 75 per cent rise in fares. The minister was speaking with The Gleaner following yesterday's meeting...

Supreme Court overturns injunction barring Portland Deputy Mayor
THE SUPREME Court yesterday overturned an injunction barring Portland Deputy Mayor Rupert Kelly from assuming office as mayor.

More Haitians going home today
WESTERN BUREAU: THE BARBERS and hairdressers at the Haitian refugee camp at Montpelier, St. James, were kept busy yesterday coifing and grooming their fellow refugees for their return home in today's planned repatriation exercise.