Police Federation: PM, step in, or else
THE POLICE Federation has called for the intervention of the Prime Minister in the ongoing wage negotiations between the body and Government.

JLP storms out of House over raid - Eyewitnesses claim assassination attempt on Opposition Leader
OPPOSITION MEMBERS walked out of yesterday's sitting of the House of Representatives, angered by the refusal of the Speaker to allow them to air concerns about a police operation in Tivoli Gardens.

'Dudus' charged for spliff
TIVOLI GARDENS community leader Christopher Coke, otherwise called 'Dudus', who was detained yesterday morning in a major police/military operation, has been charged with possession of a ganja spliff.

JTB scandal deepens
THE MISAPPROPRIATION scandal that rocked the Jamaica Tourist Board's (JTB) New York office three years ago, once again came into the spotlight at yesterday's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) meeting in Gordon House.

Sugar can cut fuel costs - Karl James
THE SUGAR industry can help reduce Jamaica's fuel bill by up to $71 million per year, says Karl James of the Jamaica Cane Products Sales Limited and a director of the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ).

JTA appalled by University Council ruling
RUEL REID, president of the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA), said on Monday that his organisation was alarmed at the pronouncement made by the University Council of Jamaica (UCJ) that accreditation of tertiary institutions is not compulsory.