'Operation Libertador' a success
A JOINT anti-narcotics operation involving 32 regional countries has resulted in the arrest of over 1,000 persons and the seizure of more than 800 kilograms of cocaine, 37 illegal guns, five speed boats and eight motor vehicles in a four week period. ...

Ja women 'misbehaving'
in US job programme
THE MINISTRY of Labour and Social Security has confirmed sexual misbehaviour by Jamaican women has affected its overseas hotel job programme. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Anthony Irons, however, said the misconduct was limited to a minority of..

Near miss at Sangster Airport
WESTERN BUREAU: A EUROPEAN bound A 320-airbus charter with 308 passengers and nearly 40 tons of fuel on board slid off the tarmac and on to the soft shoulder (sidewalk) at the Sangster International Airport on Monday.

K.D. Knight speaks out on corruption - Jamaicans urged to eliminate the scourge
National Security and Justice Minister K.D. Knight says Jamaicans must begin to speak out against corruption in the society.

Boys delivered in Spelling Bee
THE BOYS could not be bettered on Friday as the Gleaner's Children's Own Spelling Bee 2000/2001 Competition shifted focus to St. Elizabeth and Manchester on the final day of the parish tour. Though outnumbered in both parish finals, the boys held their..