Labour Day 'call to arms'
JAMAICANS ARE expected to turn out in their numbers today to support Labour Day projects in hundreds of communities across the country. Calling the nation to action, Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller, in her first national broadcast since assuming...

Court ruling on hotel permit concerns Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC)
THE JAMAICA Chamber of Commerce (JCC) said yesterday it was alarmed and concerned that a judge found it necessary to set aside a licence granted by the National Resource Conservation Authority for the construction of the Bahiá Príncipe...

Stormy times ahead
WASHINGTON (CMC): A MAJOR United States-based weather watchdog yesterday warned of a very active hurricane season on the heels of a pestilent 2005 which saw 28 storms torment the Caribbean, U.S. and Central America.

30-year robbery sentence slashed
A MAN who in broad daylight robbed a taxi driver of his money and cellular phone was successful yesterday in having a 50 per cent reduction in his 30-year prison sentence. Lehman Francis, also called 'Irie Ghost', sound system operator, of Parry Town...

Cement trickles in - New shipment a drop in the bucket
ADDITIONAL SUPPLIES of bulk cement have finally arrived for the starved construction sector, but not enough to topple the huge backlog that has all but paralysed building projects islandwide.

Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) makes tentative step towards talks on Social Contract
BRUCE GOLDING has committed the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) to exploratory discussions with the private sector on participation in revived tripartite social partnership talks previously shunned by the Opposition.

Police cut down Montego Bay gangsters
WESTERN BUREAU: TWO REPUTED gangsters of the feared Stone Crusher gang, based in Norwood, St. James, were fatally shot and a high-powered weapon seized during a confrontation with police in Montego Bay on Sunday night.