Fidel Castro's temporary successor emerges
HAVANA (AP): Raul Castro doesn't enjoy his older brother's appeal, but as he takes over the leadership of communist Cuba, he can count on the power he amassed during a half-century as the island's number two man.

Indian national accused of conspiracy, gives cop wrong name
Jerome Jayamarasu, the Indian national accused of conspiracy to defraud, was on Thursday accused of giving police officers a wrong name. Clerk of Court, Hansurd Lawson, told RM Alleyne that investigations conducted with the help of the Indian High...

New computers for prison inmates
The inmates at the Tower Street Adult Correctional Centre have been warming up well to the new computer lab they received in January.The computers were donated by Destiny Productions, a digital video and audio production facility.

Israel ground forces intensify attacks
BOURJ AL-MULOUK, Lebanon (AP): Israeli forces battled Hezbollah across Lebanon's south yesterday, hours after Jerusalem ordered its army to push all the way to the Litani River. Late yesterday, Lebanese officials also reported a major Israeli operation...

Murder accused will know fate August 17
WESTERN BUREAU: St. James businessman, 49-year-old Linton Clarke who is charged with the 2004 murder of his common-law-wife Marvalyn Scott, will have to wait until August 17 to hear the court's decision...

Service station cleans up after fire
The repairing process began at the Caledonia Crescent Texaco Service Station yesterday after a motorcycle and gas pump caught fire and were completely burnt on Monday night. "The man came to buy $500 gas.

Cop's trial pushed back
WESTERN BUREAU: For the fourth time, the trial of two policemen charged with breaches of the Corruption Prevention Act was pushed back to a new date when they appeared in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court on Monday.

Tropical storm strengthens near Caribbean islands
MIAMI (Reuters) Tropical Storm Chris, the third of the hurricane season, formed yesterday in the Atlantic Ocean east of the Leeward Islands, prompting storm alerts for some of the small north-eastern Caribbean islands and Puerto Rico.