Opposition calls for judicial review of JPS licence
THE OPPOSITION Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) yesterday called for a judicial review of the Jamaica Public Service Company's (JPS) operating licence. The JLP's call comes against the background of what it said was JPS...

Chaos in New Orleans - Bodies pile up on streets - Troops to quash looting
NEW ORLEANS, (Reuters): ROTTING BODIES littered New Orleans' streets yesterday and troops headed in to control looting and violence, as thousands of desperate survivors of Hurricane Katrina pleaded to be evacuated from the flooded city...

Teen to return to court for manslaughter
WESTERN BUREAU: NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD RAINE Russell, who is charged with manslaughter, arising from the death of a Gleaner Company driver, 63-year-old Cedric Evangelist, will return to court on September 15.

Guards on robbery rap granted bail
OCHO RIOS, St. Ann: AFTER SPENDING more than three weeks in jail, two security guards charged in connection with the multimillion-dollar robbery in Ocho Rios last month have been granted bail.

Sixty-three JPs sworn in to serve St Catherine
SIXTY-THREE Justices of the Peace (JPs) were sworn in at a ceremony in Linstead, St. Catherine, yesterday. The JPs, who were drawn from the fields of religion, business, accounting, education and other professions...

Reduced airfares for Ja Homecoming
A MONTH-LONG reduction of up to 40 per cent in Air Jamaica airfares, plus massive campaigning within the diaspora, are among plans to have the island pumping with patriotic fervour for Jamaica Homecoming 2005.

More flights to Florida November
WESTERN BUREAU: AS OF November, Jamaica will enjoy a total of 18 flights per day from two lucrative United States gateways - Miami and Ft. Lauderdale in Florida.

'Gender has powerful influence on sexual behaviour'
SENIOR MEDICAl officer of The Victoria Jubilee Hospital (VJH), Kingston, Dr. Douglas McDonald , said on Wednesday that gender norm socialisation is fuelling the spread of HIV/AIDS in Jamaica.

Wake from your stupor, Simms urges women
DR. GLENDA Simms, gender expert and consultant, is urging women to wake up from their "induced stupor" called passivity in sexual matters.She said that it was time for Jamaica to seriously re-examine the way in which girls and women are being socialised.