Mob kills woman's ex-lover
WESTERN BUREAU: AN ANGRY mob stoned and chopped a man to death in Beeston Spring, eastern Westmoreland yesterday, executing revenge only moments after he brutally attacked his ex-girlfriend at Salem Primary and Junior High School.

Cement on hold
NEWS OF Carib Cement Company ceasing production at its Rockfort plant in east Kingston yesterday has triggered fears of a major fallout in the construction industry.

King's house searched
POLICE INVESTIGATORS yesterday conducted another search of the Waterloo Road home of murdered Ambassador and chairman of the Trade Board, Peter King. A Constabulary Communication Network spokesman told The Gleaner that homicide detectives and officers...

'Team Jamaica not playing politics'
WESTERN BUREAU: A ROW is about to erupt over the use of the term 'Team Jamaica'. The Local Organising Committee (LOC) for the 2007 Cricket World Cup says it is wary about the partisan use of the slogan...

Bauxite grouse
AFTER REACHING an agreement less than a week ago, more trouble may be brewing between the West Indies Alumina Company (Windalco) and the National Workers' Union (NWU). Norman DaCosta, NWU vice-president, is demanding that Windalco issue an assurance...

Kingfish probing drug link with football clubs
OPERATION KINGFISH has joined the narcotics police and the Financial Investigation Division (FID) in a comprehensive probe of several persons connected to football clubs in western Jamaica.

Negril gets ready for JAPEX
WESTERN BUREAU: ON THE heels of February's 14.5 per cent increase in visitor arrivals, tourism stakeholders will seek to sustain the island's upward trend when they negotiate 2007-2008 rates at the Jamaica Product Exchange (JAPEX) next month.

Opposition blasts Govenrment for stifling motions
THE OPPOSITION last night accused Government of stifling its attempts to raise matters of national importance through private members' motions in Parliament over the past legislative year.