Asylum seeker lied about sexuality
AN ASYLUM seeker, who allegedly lied about being a lesbian, yesterday won a court battle to stay in the United Kingdom. A judge said that Carol Ajoh, a Jamaican national, had made an 'entirely dishonest' asylum claim.

Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) - most complained about utility company
THE JAMAICA Public Service Company (JPS) has been fingered as the most complained about utility company in Jamaica for the fifth consecutive year. Figures from the Office of Utilities Regulation's (OUR) eighth Annual Report and Financial Statements...

Prisoners, public rubbing shoulders in court corridors
PRISONERS, MOST of whom have been classified as high risk, are rubbing shoulders with members of the public in the corridors of the Supreme Court, downtown Kingston. The practice has been condemned by some members of the security forces...

Upsurge of violence in Central Kingston
AFTER A lull in gun violence, the constituency of Central Kingston is experiencing renewed hostility. At least five persons have been murdered over the past two weeks and several others, including a three-year-old girl, shot and injured.

Judge blasts National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) for breaching standards
THE ENVIRONMENTAL permit for the Bahia Principe hotel under construction at Pear Tree Bottom, Runaway Bay, St. Ann, has been quashed. This was done Tuesday amid strong criticisms by Supreme Court Judge Bryan Sykes that the National Environment...

Rains, bigwigs and Nomination Day
WESTERN BUREAU: DESPITE YESTERDAY'S heavy rains in Darliston, Westmoreland, pomp and pageantry reigned supreme as the Nomination Day exercise for the June 7 by-election to elect a replacement for retired Prime Minister P.J. Patterson...

Jamaica elected to UN body
UNITED NATIONS, (CMC): THE UNITED Nations General Assembly on Tuesday elected Jamaica among six other countries to the newly-created Peace-building Commission's Organisational Committee. The other committee members are Chile, El Salvador, Egypt...