Met office watches 27th tropical depression
THE METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE is closely watching the development of tropical depression number 27 which remains disorganised over the Eastern Caribbean Sea. The Met Service warns that the depression could strengthen within the next 24 hours...

Mayor tear-gassed by police
MAYOR OF KINGSTON, Desmond McKenzie, has threatened to take legal action after he was tear-gassed by the police yesterday, close to Jamaica House in St Andrew. The Half-Way Tree police are said to be investigating the incident...

Man charged for obtaining money by false pretence
THIRTY-SEVEN YEAR-old Marlon Howard's failure to make good on his agreement to send three Jamaicans to work in the Cayman Islands, has brought him before the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court to answer to charges of obtaining money...

'Thugs' threaten to kill judges
spanish town: PROCEEDINGS AT THE Spanish Town Resident Magistrate's and Juvenile court were cut short yesterday after thugs made calls to the court threatening to kill at least two judges.

Mayor urges proper waste disposal
KINGSTON MAYOR, DESMOND McKenzie, says his office is dealing with the issue of garbage collection in downtown, Kingston. But adds that both residents and business must uphold their civic responsibility.

Thirteen killed in bloody weekend spree
LAST WEEKEND WAS one of the bloodiest for 2005 with 13 persons killed by gunmen, two by the police and five bodies discovered. Though the incidents are unrelated, they amassed a whopping body count.

Woman fined for ganja in underwear
MANY PEOPLE HAVE tried several ways to export ganja abroad, but one woman's method of carrying the drug strapped to her leg and in her underwear landed her in jail. Nicola Stephenson, a 30 year-old business woman of Pusey district, Point Hill...