A legacy of discontent
JULY 18, 1992 will not go down as a great day in the annals of the Jamaica Labour Party. That was the day Pearnel Charles, a former deputy leader, was assaulted by party supporters as the JLP's 49th annual conference opened at the...
Jamaica, UK to extend Operation Airbridge
A MAJOR Jamaica/United Kingdom law enforcement programme is to be extended, reportedly because of the success achieved to date. Operation Airbridge, the initiative targeting drug couriers who transport cocaine, largely by swallowing...
'Not our Ionscan'
A VISITING British law enforcement official has sought to allay fears that the effective use of the Ionscan machines, the drug detection units donated by his Government for use at Jamaica's international airports, is being sabotaged. Ionscan machines...
Three shot dead, prisoner escapes
THE BODY of an unidentified man was found with a gunshot wound in Terrier Town, Denbigh, Clarendon yesterday morning. The dead man, who is believed to be in his early twenties, is of dark complexion, slim build, about 170.18 centimetres (5 ft 7in)...
Demand for fuel up
DEMAND FOR unleaded 87 and 90 octane fuel has increased by more than 36 per cent in the two weeks the state-owned Petrojam oil refinery has been out of operations.
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