Sweeter EU deal - Sugar price cuts may be less severe for Ja, ACP countries
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) could be persuaded to moderate its price cut for African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP)-produced sugar, according to a visiting European parliamentarian.

More mayhem on Mandela
EVER BEEN in a traffic pile up for five hours only to have to turn back in the direction you were coming from? Well that's what many motorists have been going through for the past two days...

Sav-la-Mar cop commits suicide
WESTERN BUREAU: A POLICE constable reportedly committed suicide following a domestic dispute with his 23-year-old girlfriend, who he shot and injured at their home in Llandilo, Westmoreland, last night.

Prison warders to be honoured - Award for outstanding and dedicated service to 150
CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS (prison warders) are often the forgotten links in the nation's criminal justice system. But as one of the features of an upcoming week of celebrations, the Correctional Services Department will be recognising 150...

CCJ readies for case flow
PRESIDENT OF the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), Michael de la Bastide, says plans are still underway to equip the court with technical and human resources, despite its snubbing by several Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries.

Move to increase retirement age of judges
THERE HAVE been mixed reactions in legal circles to a report that there are plans to amend the Constitution to increase the retirement age for judges of the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court.

US deports dozens more
DEPORTEES CONTINUE to return to Jamaica in droves as dozens were sent back to the island yesterday. More than 40 convicts, who have completed their sentences in the United States...

Bail revoked for rape suspects of slain teen
THE TWO men implicated in the rape of 15-year-old Enid Gordon, who was subsequently murdered last week in a case still being investigated, had their bail revoked when they appeared in the Withorn Resident Magistrate's Court on Tuesday.

... Jamaican nurse held, awaits fate in England
LONDON, England: A 30-YEAR-OLD Jamaican nurse was yesterday being held in a detention centre near London's Gatwick Airport, awaiting deportation. Reports reaching The Gleaner are that Melissa Reid was detained on the weekend...