Hellshire Glades project concerns enviro groups in Jamaica
THE URBAN Development Corporation's (UDC) latest housing development project in Hellshire Park, St. Catherine, has caused serious concerns among environmentalists who doubt the UDC's ability to enforce environmental protocols.

Maroons challenged to document their history
WESTERN BUREAU: DIRECTOR Of Culture in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture, Sydney Bartley, has issued a challenge to Maroons to move swiftly to document their history in order to bring clarity to controversial issues surrounding their existence.

Labourer dies in car accident
SPANISH TOWN: A 24-YEAR-OLD labourer has become the first road fatality for the St. Catherine North Traffic Division since the start of the year. He is Ricardo Allen of Ellerslie Pen, Spanish Town, St. Catherine.

Police, residents capture gunmen
SPALDINGS, Clarendon: SWIFT ACTION by the Spaldings and Mocho police and good support from residents of Sunberry and Victoria in North West Clarendon between Saturday evening and Sunday morning resulted in the capture of three gunmen...

Plans to reform justice system bring relief to G2K
THE GENERATION 2000 (G2K) group of young business persons associated with the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), says Government's plan to reform the justice system is a step in the right direction.

Police patrol Lakes Pen
SPANISH TOWN, St. Catherine: A STRONG detachment of police personnel is now maintaining a presence in the Lakes Pen community of St. Catherine, following disturbance after police shot and killed a man in the area on Thursday.

Party stalwart's death leaves Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) in mourning
OCHO RIOS, St. Ann: THE JAMAICA Labour Party (JLP) has expressed sadness over the passing of its caretaker/ councillor for the Ocho Rios division, businessman Cyril Dennis, popularly called 'Mr. D.'

Slipe community major player in regional gun trade - police
WESTERN BUREAU: THE SLEEPY village of Slipe in St. Elizabeth, located at the edge of the Black River Morass, is gaining notoriety as being heavily involved in a regional illegal gun trade with its Haitian neighbours, according to the police.

Two Haitians to be deported from Jamaica
TWO HAITIANS captured by a joint police/military team in Clarendon on December 30, will be deported this week, according to a police spokesperson. Constable Odale Mulgrave, the Constabulary Communication Network's liaison officer...

My top health tips for 2006
I ABSOLUTELY guarantee that this New Year will be very similar to the old one, if you do not make some changes in your life. As one of my mentors would say, 'For things to change, you have to change.' Your health is your greatest wealth.

Mail on fast track
ACTING POSTMASTER General, Michael Gentles, said recently that many persons who reside in the Kingston Metropolitan Region (KMR) have noticed that they get their mail well within the 'Day Plus Two' standard established for mail within that area.