MoBay cops move on 'hit list' targets
POLICE IN St. James moved quickly yesterday to identify and offer protection to three persons whose names appeared on a list which, they said, included those of 10 other persons, who have been killed by gunmen in the parish over the past.

Cut in security contracts
PRIVATE SECURITY firms are reporting a cut in contracts which they blame on higher pay rates for security guards and a move by consumers to seek cheaper electronic security systems to cover their homes and businesses.

Meet the People programme - A jewel in Ja's crown
IT HAS been over 37 years but the Jamaica Tourist Board's (JTB) Meet the People programme is still going strong as ordinary Jamaicans continue to entertain visitors to the island in their homes.

Makeshift weapons increasing prison deaths
FIFTEEN DAYS into the start of 2004, Norris Clarke, an inmate at the St. Catherine District Prison became the first fatality of an inside gang attack.

BoJ beefs up security
New high-tech system to screen visitors
A NEW, state-of-the-art security system costing about $15 million has been installed at the Bank of Jamaica in Nethersole Place in Kingston.

Despite costs, ports must be upgraded
JAMAICA IS on course to meet a July 1 deadline for the upgrading of its port security facilities in accordance with new international security measures against terrorism, says James Forbes, vice president of security at the Port Authority.

JLP criticises tourism deal
Says country should get more money
A MULTI-MILLION dollar deal which guarantees Jamaica 2.5 million cruise ship passengers from 2004 to 2008 has been criticised by the Opposition Jamaica Labour Party as being disadvantageuous to Jamaica's best interests.