How the peace was won
A POLICE armoured car at the corner of Rose Lane and Drummond Street was the only reminder last Thursday of the gunfight that took place at the Hannah Town-Denham Town border three days earlier....
Hot winter
WESTERN BUREAU:WITH JUST under a month before the winter tourist season ends, Jamaica is experiencing a seven per cent increase in stopover arrivals, Tourism Minister...
Bartlett defends AA deal
GOVERNMENT MINISTER Edmund Bartlett yesterday mounted a staunch defence of a controversial American Airlines accord and charged that he has never misled the Cabinet or Parliament during his 25 years in public...
Jamaica flights not affected by BA cabin crew strike
WESTERN BUREAU:IT WAS business as usual this past weekend with the strike by British Airways (BA) cabin crew having little or no effect on flights from London Gatwick Airport to Jamaica...
'The criminals can't win'
TOUGH TALK shattered the sombre mood at the thanksgiving ceremony of slain police Corporal Miguel Cuff as federation chairman, Corporal Raymond Wilson, rallied members of the constabulary to action...
Obama's Democrats seal vote on health care
WASHINGTON (AP):United States President Barack Obama and House Democratic leaders struck a last-minute deal Sunday with abortion foes to secure the final few votes needed to remake America's health-care system, writing a climactic chapter...
Call for special prison for corrupt politicians, cops
WESTERN BUREAU: A SPECIAL court of justice and prison to prosecute and punish corrupt high-ranking officials and cops should be set up in Jamaica, a police inspector said yesterday.His damning assessment of leadership...
Kiwanis fetes Mustard Seed youths in Adelphi
RESIDENTS at the Mustard Seed Communities' children's home in Adelphi, St James, were yesterday treated to food and friendship from the Kiwanis Club of Providence, Montego Bay...
JLP lashes PNP apologists
THE JAMAICA Labour Party (JLP) yesterday rallied its supporters to the defence of the Government, arguing that it was under threat from propaganda and orchestrated attempts by people to topple the Golding administration....