Alcoa still intent on expansion
ALCOA SAID yesterday that it remained committed to the US$1.2 billion expansion programme at its Jamalco alumina refinery in Clarendon, which would see the Halse Hall plant doubling its production at the completion of the project.

Where are the voters? - Electorial Office of Jamaica (EOJ) trying to locate 300,000 electors
THE ELECTORAL Office of Jamaica (EOJ) is experiencing difficulties in locating approximately 300,000 people on the voters' list for re-verification. Professor Errol Miller, chairman of the Electoral Advisory Committee (EAC), made the disclosure yesterday.

Cop's body found in well
SPANISH TOWN, St. Catherine: THE BODY of 27-year-old police constable Clayton Salmon was recovered yesterday afternoon from an abandoned well in the March Pen area of St. Catherine.

Businessman denied bail, may face new trial
THE ST. ANDREW businessman whose murder case is pending in the Court of Appeal based on a recent Privy Council ruling has been denied bail. Steven Grant, 34, of Queen Hill, St. Andrew, applied yesterday for bail in chambers at the Court of Appeal...

Jamaican Government, Opposition at odds over Charter of Rights
THE GOVERNMENT and the Opposition are at odds on the issue of the right to vote under the amendment to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms Bill, currently being reviewed by a Joint Select Committee of Parliament.