Vaz new deputy treasurer of Jamaica Labour Party (JLP)
DARYL VAZ is the new deputy treasurer of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) after defeating the incumbent Kent Gammon at the party's Belmont Road Headquarters, yesterday. Mr. Vaz was elected at the party's annual post conference elections.

CARICOM Finance Ministers meet at Jamaica Pegasus today
FINANCE MINISTERS of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will meet in Kingston, today to finalise plans for the operation of a critical element of the Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME), expected to be launched in January 2006.

Carib firms urged to form partnerships
REGIONAL ENTREPRENEURS and companies have been urged to form consortiums and strategic alliances to improve their chances of benefiting from ICC Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007 business opportunities.

Negril hotelier slain
WESTERN BUREAU: THE KILLING of prominent Negril hotelier, Luigi Travaini has sparked the ire of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA). The organisation wants the Government to urgently implement measures...

Fire leaves 11 homeless in Montego Bay, Jamaica
WESTERN BUREAU: ELEVEN PEOPLE including six children lost their home in a fire in North Gully, St. James, yesterday. According to reports, an alarm was raised after nine-year-old Kyron Dobson saw fire...

KRAAL TRIAL - Prosecution lawyers to continue submissions
WHEN THE Kraal murder case enters its seventh week today submissions are expected to be made in law in the absence of the jury. On Thursday, the Crown closed its case after calling 44 witnesses for the prosecution.

Sharpton urges stand against crime
UNITED STATES civil rights activist, the Rev. Al Sharpton, has urged Jamaicans not to allow the country to be reduced to a bastion of crime and murder, having produced many outstanding and world-recognised individuals such as Paul Bogle...