Batch testing to be done
ALL LOCAL ackee processors will now be subject to batch-by-batch testing by the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), following last week's recall of canned ackees with dangerously highs levels of hypoglycin.

Prime Minister of Jamaica unveils Ottey statue
THE STATUE of Jamaica's most decorated female sprinter, Merlene Ottey, was unveiled by Prime Minister P.J. Patterson at Independence Park, St. Andrew, yesterday. In a 90-minute ceremony...

Eight killed in 24 hours in Jamaica
EIGHT PEOPLE were killed between Tuesday night and yesterday, pushing the murder tally to at least 1,647 since the start of the year. Yesterday morning, 36-year-old taxi operator, Andrew Lowe of Albion district, St. James, was shot dead by a gunman...

Visibility poor at Sangster Airport's new concourse
WESTERN BUREAU: LESS THAN two weeks after the official opening of the eastern concourse at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, St. James, air traffic controllers have expressed concern about the diminished visibility...

'Jamaica should brace for more disaster in 2006'
JAMAICA, LIKE many other countries across the world, experienced several environment-related catastrophes in 2005. An abnormally active hurricane season caused flooding and landslides that turned the lives of many residents upside down.

Negril residents, officials irate over poor medical services
TOURISM INTERESTS in Negril are hopping mad over the inadequate emergency medical services in the resort town at the height of the winter tourist season.

Investigators to question Plummer family about fire
ATLANTA, Georgia: THE DEKALB county fire investigators in Atlanta, Georgia, yesterday said they plan to interview the Plummer family sometime next week in an effort to determine the cause of the fire that claimed three members of the family...