Residents need to keep peaceful elections
Head of the Kingston and St. Andrew Action Forum, Ansel Lee, believes that in order for Jamaica to have peaceful elections, residents must play their part in maintaining order.

Millions to patch island's roads
The National Works Agency (NWA) has undertaken a nationwide patching programme at a cost of $300 million, being funded by the Government. "We have put together a programme of patching that is being executed in all 14 parishes.

Unwanted Jamaican deportee caught
Owen Dwight McGregor, a 25-year-old Jamaican, who earlier this year allegedly assaulted immigration officers at the Princess Juliana Airport in St. Maarten, in the Netherlands Antilles, was, last week, apprehended.

Cops probe deaths
spanish town: The St. Catherine North Homicide Unit is now investigating a case of murder-suicide committed in the Lauriston area, in Spanish Town, after the body of 47-year-old Selvin Webber was found hanging from a tree about noon on Sunday.

Teen drops case against abusive older lover
western bureau: The case against a 23-year-old St. James barber, who had a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old girl, was adjourned sine die in Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court on Wednesday after it was brought to the court's attention...

PNP worried about attacks
Campaign director for the governing People's National Party (PNP), Dr. Paul Robertson, yesterday said that the party is very concerned about recent attacks on PNP supporters. "We are very disturbed that some people could stoop...

Four people killed on weekend
Four persons were shot dead in separate incidents between Sunday and Monday. A 56-year-old man was shot dead at Fourth Avenue in Greenwich Town, Kingston 13, on Sunday. Dead is Trevor Edwards, otherwise called 'Maxie'...

Coast Guard gets patrol vessels
Minister of National Security, Dr. Peter Phillips, said the acquisition of the final of three patrol vessels by the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Coast Guard will help them to monitor the island's waters and reduce..

Old Harbour gets computer centre
Several residents of Old Harbour Bay, in St. Catherine, will now benefit from a state-of-the-art homework computer centre, courtesy of the JPS. This new development was made real at the Old Harbour Bay Primary School, on July 6.

NCU president to review police force
Cabinet has approved the appointment of Dr. Herbert Thompson, president of the Northern Caribbean University (NCU), to head the panel to undertake a strategic review of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). ..