'Staying the course' - Security Minister says no new crime plan
Declaring that the country does not need a new crime plan, National Security Minister, Dr. Peter Phillips, told Jamaicans in a national broadcast last night that the Government would instead "stay the course" in its battle...
... Portfolio needs more funding - JLP
The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) is maintaining that the National Security portfolio needs to be adequately funded if the spiralling crime wave is to be stemmed.
Major delay for ICC World Cup - North Coast Highway between Montego Bay and Trelawny will not be ready
WESTERN BUREAU: The National Works Agency (NWA) has confirmed that the North Coast Highway between Montego Bay's Sangster International Airport and Greenside, Trelawny, will not be ready in time for Cricket World Cup 2007.
Students go hungry as protest closes school
SPANISH TOWN, St. Catherine: Students of the Troja Primary and Junior High School in St. Catherine, were deprived of a hot meal yesterday as ancillary workers stayed off the job in a show of protest against the Ministry of Education.
No traffic blues next year - police
St. James police are expecting better traffic conditions at next year's Air Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival following the gridlock experienced Friday night which led Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller to abandon her car and walk back to her hotel.
Kingston ports under probe - Following multimillion-dollar drug seizures
Following last week's seizure of more than US$7.6 million (J$509 million) worth of compressed ganja and hash oil in Kingston and Clarendon, the narcotics police are now probing a major network at the Kingston ports.
Ennis under pressure for Olint statement
Cabinet has distanced itself from a recent controversial statement made by Junior Minister for Agriculture and land, Errol Ennis.
Policeman freed after eight-year trial
A policeman who was on suspension for eight years waiting for the murder case against him to be disposed of, was freed yesterday after the Director of Public Prosecutions decided not to proceed with his third.
Court closes book on murder case
The Crown closed its case yesterday in the trial of Beverly Scarlett, vendor of 2A Penwood Road, Kingston 11, and her two adult daughters, who are charged jointly with the murder of Scarlett's former lover.
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