Crime boss sting - Cops plan operation on eight gang leaders
THE POLICE are getting ready to apprehend eight reputed crime bosses who they say are responsible for much of the crime across the country. This was revealed yesterday by Assistant Commissioner Glenmore Hinds, head of Operation Kingfish.

'World Cup is no mistake ... we will benefit'
WESTERN BUREAU: ROBERT BRYAN, executive director of the Local Organising Committee (LOC) for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007, has described as seriously flawed, any suggestion that Jamaica does not stand to benefit financially...

'Don't legalise prostitution'
THE MAJORITY of Jamaicans are against the legalisation of prostitution according to a Star-commissioned Bill Johnson poll. The results come on the heels of a recent call, from Lascelles Chin, chairman of the Lasco Group of Companies...

Patterson receives Chancellor's Medal
FORMER PRIME Minister P. J Patterson was on Wednesday night presented with the prestigious Chancellor's Medal from the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, for his "stellar" contribution to regional integration.

UK court says immigration restrictions discriminatory
LONDON, England: A HIGH Court in England has ruled that immigration restrictions in which immigrants, including Jamaicans, have to seek permission from the Home Office before they can marry in that country is discriminatory.

Golding cries Carib Cement cover-up
OPPOSITION LEADER Bruce Golding has accused members of the committee set up to examine the manufacturing foul-up that led to the release of faulty cement from the Caribbean Cement Company Ltd...