Five murdered in St Thomas
WESTERN BUREAU: THE PEACE on a usually quiet morning in the eastern parish of St. Thomas was shattered yester-day when residents of Prospect and Needham Pen stumbled on the bodies of five members of one family.

Jamaicans worldwide salute Portia's win
THE RACE is over and Portia Simpson Miller was, on Saturday, elected the next President of the People's National Party (PNP). Yesterday members of the Jamaican Diaspora nodded in agreement to the choice of 1,775 delegates.

Reduction in World Cup allocation irks mayor
FALMOUTH, Trelawny: MAYOR OF Falmouth, Jonathan Bartley, is furious about a recent reduction in a proposed Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) allocation towards making the Falmouth Market compatible for Cricket World Cup 2007.

Regional retreat prepares CEOs for commercial gains
TOP PERSONNEL from the nine Local Orga-nising Committees (LOCs) and ICC Cricket World Cup West Indies 2007 Inc. (ICC CWC WI) continued preparations towards the event at the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Forum and CEO Council Retreat held recently...

Church members react to victory
INSIDE THE National Arena in Kingston yesterday morning, People's National Party (PNP) President-elect Portia Simpson Miller graciously accepted a brief moment on-stage at the 156th General Assembly of the Jamaica Baptist Union.

Women welcome new People's National Party (PNP) president
SEVERAL JAMAICAN women are welcoming the election of Portia Simpson Miller as the first female president of the People's National Party (PNP) and Prime Minister-designate of Jamaica.

Fire guts seven houses in east Kingston
TWENTY PERSONS have been left homeless following a fire that destroyed seven houses on Paradise Street in east Kingston early yesterday morning. Ricardo Garrick, 22, was also killed in the same vicinity in a separate incident...

14 escape police lock-up
WESTERN BUREAU: FOURTEEN MEN are on the run after escaping from the Clark's Town police lock-up in Trelawny yesterday morning. The men, who were being held in connection with offences ranging from murder to robbery with aggravation...