Police netting more guns, ammunition
MORE THAN 300 illegal guns and 16,000 assorted rounds of ammunition, with a street value of more than $5 million, have been taken from the hands of criminals during police operations throughout the island since January.
Sumfest boosts business on 'Hip Strip'
WESTERN BUREAU: OWNERS OF restaurants on Montego Bay's 'Hip Strip' are reporting a surge in business as Red Stripe Reggae Sumfest gains momentum.
'Censure, expel or impeach' - PNP backbenchers want corrupt politicians out
SEVERAL PEOPLE'S National Party backbenchers want a special task force, aided by the police, to investigate and make rulings on "all questionable associations of politicians with corruption and criminality."
Chilean president backs CARICOM on Haiti
CHILEAN PRESIDENT Ricardo Lagos says the reaction of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to the ousting of former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in February was an exemplary move in the defence of democracy in Latin America.
Pearnel Charles ready to lead JLP 'Seaga is in my corner'
PEARNEL CHARLES, 67, the veteran Jamaica Labour Party politician, yesterday formally announced his intention to contest the top leadership post in the JLP in November...
Education Ministry targets poor grades in high schools
THE MINISTRY of Education will next week begin acquainting educators with the details of a "strategic intervention programme" aimed at improving the poor performance of students in the Caribbean Examination Council...
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