The US policy of pre-emptive attacks
FROM WHAT I can gather, the US has for some years had a policy of reserving the right to attack any other nation it deems in its own judgment to be a threat to its security, whether or not it has been attacked first by that nation...

Sandals MoBay hosts health expo
WESTERN BUREAU: "THERE IS no food such as bad food," says Marsha Woolery, dietician in the office of the Ministry of Health Regional Department, Cornwall Regional Hospital, Montego Bay.

Traffic offences, fatalities down in Linstead
LINSTEAD POLICE in the parish of St. Catherine have reported a reduction in the number of traffic accidents and resultant fatalities for the year 2002, compared with 2001.

Three alleged kidnappers granted bail - ...victim arrested on fraud rap
ST. THOMAS: THREE MEN, who were charged with kidnapping, robbery with aggravation and occasioning bodily harm, were granted bail of $500,000 each, when they appeared in the Morant Bay Resident Magistrate's Court on Wednesday, April 9.

Taxpayers protest hiked fees
MORE THAN one thousand persons in St. Elizabeth have written to the Black River Collectorate of the Inland Revenue Department objecting to the amount of property tax they are now required to pay.

'St Bess' launches anti-praedial larceny initiative
SANTA CRUZ, St. Elizabeth: IN AN effort to rid the farming communities of St. Elizabeth of praedial larceny...

Driver on car parts rap gets suspended term
ST. THOMAS: THIRTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD truck driver, Godfrey Franklyn, of White Horses, St. Thomas was sentenced to three years hard labour suspended sentence for illegal possession of car parts.

JCDC hosts speech, drama zone finals
WESTMORELAND: THE JAMAICA Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), Westmoreland parish office in preparation for their 2003 festival of the Performing Arts competition hosted two days of speech and drama zone finals at the United Church Hall...

Blair orders probe into destruction of MP's office
POLITICAL OMBUDSMAN, Bishop Herro Blair, has ordered an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the acquisition, policy guidelines and subsequent vandalism relating to the North West St. Ann constituency office of the Member of Parliament.

Clarendon man gets seven years for illegal firearm
CLARENDON: OMAR ROLLINS, 21-year-old unemployed of Juno Crescent, May Pen, Clarendon was sentenced recently to seven years hard labour for possession of firearm and four years at hard labour for possession of ammunitions.

After Saddam 'nightmare' Baghdad wants US out soon
BAGHDAD, (Reuters): BAGHDAD RESIDENTS expressed relief yesterday at the collapse of Saddam Hussein's 24-year rule but said US forces should restore order quickly and leave, or face the wrath of an emboldened population.

US holds 7,300 POWs in Iraq, weighs their fate
WASHINGTON, (Reuters): AMERICAN-LED forces have captured at least 7,300 prisoners of war in Iraq and will soon begin the legal process to determine their future, the US military said on Wednesday.

US avoids victory dance at fall of Baghdad
WASHINGTON, (Reuters): THE UNITED States held off from a victory dance at the fall of Baghdad on Wednesday but top officials could not resist some gloating and sniping at those who questioned the war plan.

Tony Winkler: Confessions about creative writing
THE FIRST Anthony Winkler novel I read was The Lunatic. Did I laugh? Out loud and often until I said: "I have got to meet this man!" Caribbean Review, that excellent magazine published in Miami, commissioned me to interview him.