US rounding up criminal aliens
SCORES OF Jamaicans could face deportation with the start by the U.S. Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Wednesday of "an aggressive push to apprehend and remove dangerous criminal aliens from the United States".

Two ex-bank managers convicted of fraud
TWO FORMER bank managers were yesterday convicted of defrauding Bentley Rose, a Kingston businessman, and his company, Benros Ltd., of $7 million.

OUR to submit proposals for JUTC fare hike today
THE OFFICE of Utilities Regulation (OUR), will today submit to the Ministry of Transport and Works recommendations for a hike in bus fares.

Strata owners want GCT rolled back
OWNERS OF strata apartments, yesterday knocked the Government's decision to charge 15 per cent General Consumption Tax (GCT) on maintenance fees, arguing that the move would transform many strata dwellings into broken-down slums.

Coast Guard detain 129 Honduran fishers
ONE HUNDRED and twenty-nine Hondurans are now in police custody in Kingston, following the seizure of their 60-foot fishing vessel Captain Dago, which was arrested 20 miles south west of the Pedro Cays in Jamaica's territorial waters.