Oil plan slippery - Mixed views on Chávez's sugar, banana barter proposal
AT LEAST one sector leader has rejected a proposal by the president of Venezuela for Caribbean and Latin American nations to swap bananas and sugar cane for cheaper oil supplies. But the Agriculture Ministry says the suggestion is worth pursuing....
Traffic cops on collision course with road hogs, drunk drivers
THE POLICE say they will be intensifying efforts this festive season to minimise traffic collisions. The warning follows two deadly smash-ups on the weekend, bringing to at least 316 the number of persons to have died in road crashes since January. ...
Financial Services Commission (FSC) gets Cash Plus report
The Financial Services Commission (FSC) says it has now received a report from Cash Plus Limited on its financial affairs. Deputy executive director of the FSC, George Roper, confirmed receiving the report on Friday. However, he did not release any details.
Lawmen vow to hunt cop killers
WESTERN BUREAU: THE CHAIRMAN of the Police Federation, Corporal Hartley Stewart, says his colleagues have vowed to find the cop killers who remain on the run. "I can guarantee you that your justice will be swift," he warned on Saturday, while paying tribute at the funeral of Sergeant...
Five killed in Montego Bay on weekend
WESTERN BUREAU: FIVE PEOPLE were shot dead in Montego Bay, St. James, on the weekend. Investigators were yesterday called to the scene of the double murder of Seymour Harvey and Claudia Lawson in the Retirement area. The two were found in bushes with gunshot wounds about 11:00 a.m.
'A voracious reader, excellent writer'
MALVERN, St.Elizabeth: Sombreness hovered over the Bethlehem Moravian Church in Malvern, St. Elizabeth, on Saturday as mourners paid their last respects to late journalist and former Gleaner employee, Darren Khan, who died tragically at his St. Andrew apartment on December 6.
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