WIRETAP CALL - Lobby strengthens for spy regime
THE SPECIAL Select Committee of Parliament on national security wants law enforcement officers to be authorised to tap a person's telephone without permission of the Supreme Court under special circumstances.

SDA arson plot fails
MEMBERS OF the 110-year-old North Street Seventh-day Adventist Church and teachers from the 109-year-old New Hope Preparatory School are claiming divine intervention after their property survived a devilish attack by arsonists.

Bees swarm for final spelldown
THE DREAMS of another child will come true later this afternoon when The Gleaner's Children's Own Spelling Bee finals conclude. The 14 parish champions might not have slept well last night knowing the magnitude of the prize for which they are competing...

Unpaid judgement debts soar
THE GOVERNMENT is yet to pay out $103 million in damages awarded to members of the public against agents of the state such as the police or health officials. According to Permanent Secretary in the Justice Ministry, Carol Palmer...

Caribbean economies declined last year
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): THE CARIBBEAN recorded a decline in economic activity for 2005, but the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) said yesterday it was anticipating improved performances from the region this year.

Rockfort murder probe - Two bodies found in burnt-out car
DETECTIVES FROM the Kingston Eastern Police Division are investigating the deaths of two men whose burnt bodies were found in the trunk of a torched car at Heslop Avenue in Rockfort yesterday.