Police launch 'Get-the-Guns' reward scheme
THE POLICE yesterday started a drive to pay for information leading to the recovery of illegal guns and information resulting in conviction in gun murders. This is a part of their renewed effort to solve murders, which peaked at a record high 1,138 last.

Two killed at wake - Another flare-up in Mountain View Avenue
Wiretap Bill could be law soon
Hylton signs contract to allow study of river deposits
JLP leader seeks time to defend libel suit
Neilson defends position to limit JLP queries

'Few J'cans smuggle coke to UK'
HER MAJESTY'S Customs and Excise Department in the United Kingdom has disclosed that only seven per cent of cocaine confiscated in that country last year came from Jamaica, the London office of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) reports.

Seville squatters to get eviction notices
Too many killings, judge says
Complaints Authority to oversee drug probe

Gov't moves to regulate construction industry
WESTERN BUREAU: A MOVE towards the preparation of a regulatory framework for the island's construction industry, has begun in earnest. A joint public/private sector working committee, which has been established to hammer out guidelines for...

Lucea eyes cruise shipping
More IT workers laid off

More injury woes for WI
THE four-day West Indies trial match between Carl Hooper's XI and Ridley Jacobs' XI in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad was aborted after 25.5 overs on yesterday's third day as a result of the state of the pitch. When the match was called off Carl Hooper's XI...

Melbourne crush Lucas
St. Jago, Edwin Allen shine
Hazard clip Village
Harbour View tame Arnett

Massive debt ceiling
NEWS OF the latest increase in Government's borrowing limit has generated tremendous consternation. This has to do with the substantial increase that has occurred in a relatively short three-year period. The latest increase, that was approved last...

Their schools and ours
Here Kitty, Kitty
Afghanistan: a farewell to arms?

Letter of the day - Execute them!
THE EDITOR, Sir: WHAT RIGHTS do criminals have? Especially murderers! How dare they walk into a community and hold it hostage? How dare they drag a helpless, innocent, frightened child from under its bed and splatter its brain on the floor?

Murderers deserve capital punishment
Ideas for fighting crime
Policing the police
In praise of Espeut, Spong
Remittances and migration
Unity and emigration
St Mary needs more JPs

A celebration for the 'Crown Prince of Reggae'
THE DENNIS Brown Trust is planning a host of activities this year to mark the birth of the late reggae super star. He was born on February 1, 1957. Not to be confused with the late singer's estate, which is a separate entity, the Trust has six...

No doubt about Bounty's video on jamaica-star.com

On My Mind - Men still don't know a woman's worth
THE RED Hills Road slaying of three women and two children a few weeks ago was just another shocking example of a society in which the lack of respect for and the hatred of women by men have spun out of control.

From behind the veil
Heaven can wait
Neysha: Caribbean model and publisher