Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) says stronger, more united
OCHO RIOS, St. Ann: THE TWO-DAY annual retreat of the Standing Committee of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) ended in Ocho Rios yesterday with Opposition Leader Bruce Golding declaring that the party is much stronger and more united than ever before.

Strong support claimed for Phillips in Region 5
ST. ELIZABETH: WITH A special delegates' conference to select a new president for the peoples National Party (PNP) set to be held before April of this year, supporters of Dr. Peter Phillips, one of the contenders for the post...

Clarendon cops nab gunman trio
SPALDINGS, Clarendon: SWIFT ACTION by the Spaldings and Mocho police and good support from residents of Sunberry and Victoria in north-west Clarendon between Saturday evening and yesterday morning resulted in the capture of three gunmen...

Woman's body found
THE ST. Andrew South Homicide Unit is seeking the assistance of the public in identifying the body of a woman which was taken from the sea at the APM Terminal, New Port West, Kingston, yesterday morning.

Davies explains 'hands-off' crime policy
DR. OMAR Davies, Member of Parliament (MP) for the troubled South St. Andrew constituency, has defended the stance he has taken concerning violence in that area.

TVJ camera man to press charges
RODNEY LONGMORE, the Television Jamaica (TVJ) cameraman who was injured during a confrontation between residents and police in Slipe district, St. Elizabeth last Thursday, says he will be pressing charges against the persons who assaulted him.

UN urged to control arms trade
LONDON (Reuters): ANTI-ARMS trade campaigners have stepped up their lobby urging the United Nations (U.N.) to pave the way for a treaty to control the sale of small arms said to be behind the deaths of one million people...