ISCF on recruitment drive
WESTMORELAND: THE ISLAND Special Constabulary Force (ISCF) in its bid to fill existing vacancies, has embarked on an islandwide recruitment drive.

Prisoners challenge life terms
THREE PRISONERS are challenging the mandatory life imprisonment sentence imposed on them for non-capital murder, on the grounds that the sentence was unconstitutional because it was the Parole Board, and not the court...

Doc gives Tamarind Farm 'all clear' after TB scare
MEDICAL OFFICER of Health for St. Catherine, Dr. Heather Reid-Jones, has given assurances that all has returned to normal at the Tamarind Farm Adult Correctional Centre...

Residents protest police shooting
LINSTEAD, St. Catherine: DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT of Police in charge of the Linstead division, Merrick Watson, assisted by other lawmen from the community were kept busy on Monday, clearing the main streets of Linstead of demonstrators.

First relief convoy arrives in Iraq - Allies struggle to clear the way
UMM QASR, Iraq (AP): THE FIRST sizeable relief convoy arrived in Iraq during a sandstorm yesterday as allied forces struggled to clear the way for more aid shipments...

MoBay court erupts in chaos
WESTERN BUREAU: PANDEMONIUM REIGNED in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court for a brief period yesterday afternoon as a man who resisted being taken back to the cells after he was remanded, had to be restrained by at least four policemen.

'Don't panic!' - Assamba cautions tourism interests against war jitters
WESTERN BUREAU: THE MINISTER of Industry and Tourism, Aloun Assamba, is urging players in the tourism sector not to be alarmed, amidst reports of the effect that the United States-led war in Iraq might have on the industry.