GRIEF RELIEF - Peers of murdered St Thomas boy consoled
GUIDANCE COUNSELLORS from across the parish of St Thomas joined forces yesterday to help counsel and console the traumatised students and teachers of the Morant Bay Primary School in the wake of the brutal rape and murder of nine-year-old Courtney Walker, a student of the school.

West Portland residents eye the 'Portia factor' - Opposition leader's presence seen as a lift to Rowe campaign
If People's National Party (PNP) candidate Kenneth Rowe is to prevail in Monday's by-election, Opposition Leader Portia Simpson Miller's reputation as arguably the country's best campaigner will have to bear fruit, supporters say.

Legislators mull defamation laws
THE LONG-AWAITED parlia-mentary deliberation on a 42-page report which reviewed Jamaica's defamation laws, started Thursday in Gordon House.

Fake cop on duty caught - Police imposter arrested after six-month 'stint' in JCF
HE REPORTEDLY carried a M16, a legitimate police badge, ID and denim uniform, while patrolling the streets of Montego Bay for six months, before members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) realised he was not one of their own.

Arson ruled out in Portland fire
A SENIOR member of the fire service in Buff Bay, Portland, has dismissed allegations that a house belonging to a supporter of the People's National Party (PNP) was fire-bombed on Thursday.