Air Jamaica plan rejected
Top executives of Air Jamaica will have to go back to the drawing board to devise a more credible business plan for the national airline, which has been faced with mounting debts. The Air Jamaica board...
Home fire-bombed - Gunmen raze eighth house in east Kingston
Several sobbing wo-men watched helplessly as gunmen struck again yesterday and fire-bombed another house in the volatile east Kingston community of Rockfort. This was the eighth house razed by rival gun gangs in the area since Monday.
Spanish group calls Jamaica home
WESTERN BUREAU: A consortium of eight Spanish investors, under the banner of the Jamaica Spanish Foundation (JSF), has set up a charitable organisation to be launched later this month.
Man freed of rape charge
A man who was sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment, after he was convicted of illegal possession of firearm and rape, has been freed by the Court of Appeal. Macino Davis, a vendor of Pimento Walk in St. Ann, was freed yesterday...
Focus on drug users - Hickling
Focus should primarily be placed on determining who uses drugs and why, rather than cutting down on supplies of illegal narcotics, according to Fred Hickling, Professor of psychiatry at the University of the West Indies (UWI).
Corrupt cop charged
Superintendent Ezra Stewart of the Bureau of Special Investigation (BSI) yesterday executed a ruling by the Director of Public Prosecutions, Kent Pantry, by arresting and charging one of his colleagues, Special Constable Floyd Schloss...
... Major drug busts in Kgn and Portland
Narcotics detectives continued their fight against the drug trade this week with another major ganja bust in separate operations in Kingston and Portland between Monday and Tuesday night.
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