Lord Mayor in favour of UK visa system
THE LORD Mayor of Nottingham, Jamaican-born Councillor, Desmond Wilson, says he is in favour of the introduction of a visa system by the UK Government for Jamaicans wishing to travel to that country...

Men in bus driver murder case remanded
WESTERN BUREAU: TWO MEN who were charged with the murder of a bus driver during the recent islandwide protests over increases in motor vehicles licensing fees...

Briton freed of ganja charge
WESTERN BUREAU: DOREEN WHITTON, the last of the 19 Britons held with nearly 2,000 lb of ganja at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay in November last year, walked free from the Montego Bay Resident Magistrates Court yesterday.

'Denny' Repole honoured
HERBERT DENHAM Repole, the renowned Jamaican architect, was yesterday conferred with the national honour of the Order of Distinction, Commander Class (C.D.), at a ceremony at his St. Andrew home, by Sir Howard Cooke, Governor-General.

Fisherman's body to return home
BLACK RIVER, St. Elizabeth: NEARLY THREE weeks after Ainsworth Gayle, a St. Elizabeth fisherman, died mysteriously in the Central American Republic of Honduras on Christmas Day, his body is to be flown home.

McKenzie urges Commission to be 'flexible' in Messias case
CHAIRMAN OF the Jamaica Labour Party's (JLP) region one, Senator Desmond McKenzie, is urging the Municipal and Parish Council Services Commission (MPCSC) to be "flexible" when making a decision on what will happen to Dennis Messias...

Protest threat looms in Ocho Rios
OCHO RIOS, St. Ann: AS THE threat of protest by some taxi and bus operators in the tourism town of Ocho Rios looms, calls are being made on the government to review its plans to relocate these operators in the interest of maintaining harmony...