PAHO, USAID launch new food safety initiative
A CARIBBEAN Food Safety Initiative on legislative reform was launched on Tuesday, September 10 with the signing of an agreement between the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) Caribbean Programme Co-ordinating (CPC) Office (PAHO/WHO)...

Cops kill Lawrence Tavern's 'Taliban'
ONE OF the police "most wanted" men, Norris Brown, 20, nicknamed 'Taliban', from Lawrence Tavern, St. Andrew, was slain yesterday afternoon, during an alleged shoot-out with the police.

Jobs to go at Windalco
THE WEST Indies Alumina Company (WINDALCO, formerly Alcan Jamaica Co.) said yesterday that it will be divesting its mining operations at Kirkvine, Manchester.

Wanted man killed by cops in St James
WESTERN BUREAU: A MAN who was wanted for the murder of Police Detective Rupert Gardener, was killed by the St. James police on Wednesday evening. Karlie Omar Williams, otherwise known as 'Matalon', 24 years of no fixed address was fatally shot...

Murders out west baffle police
WESTERN BUREAU: POLICE IN St. James remain baffled by the recent spate of killings in the Blood Lane and Hendon communities in the parish. Three persons have fallen victims to gunmen's bullets within the past three weeks...

New trial date today for kidnap-murder accused
THE TRIAL of the four men who are charged with the murder of Sylvia Edwards, 48, the gas station operator who was kidnapped for ransom, was put off on Monday because one of the lawyers withdrew from the case.

Roads being cleared after showers
WESTERN BUREAU: THE NATIONAL Works Agency and teams from the Road and Works Department of the Parish Councils worked feverishly yesterday to clear roads in western parishes that were blocked as a result of the torrential rains...