Fifty persons detained in inner-city crackdown
MORE THAN 50 persons were detained yesterday during a joint police/military operation carried out in the hotbed of Franklyn Town and McIntyre Land (Dunkirk) in east Kingston.

Mayor McKenzie blasts JPSCo for poor street lighting
MAYOR OF Kingston Desmond McKenzie blasted the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) yesterday for its refusal to restore more than 10,000 malfunctioning street lights across the Corporate Area, which he said is facilitating crime.

Haitians to know fate next week - Seven have so far been granted asylum
HAITIAN REFUGEES seeking political asylum in Jamaica could soon learn their fate, as the Appeals Tribunal, chaired by retired High Court judge Justice Lloyd Ellis, is expected to submit an interim report ...

Caribbean nations support declaration against human cloning
NEW YORK, CMC: JAMAICA AND Cuba yesterday broke ranks with several Caribbean countries in voting against adopting a United Nations (UN) declaration on human cloning.

All set for SA/Caribbean diaspora conference
DETAILS HAVE been announced for next week's Diaspora conference organised by South Africa and Jamaica as part of the tenth anniversary of the end of apartheid.

House passes Fingerprint Act
THE LONG-AWAITED Finger Prints Amendment Bill was on Tuesday passed without opposition in the House of Representatives. The legislation, which was the subject of intense scrutiny throughout the life of a joint select committee...