Jamaicans back police powers for Jamaica Defence Force
MOST JAMAICANS support the idea of crime-fighting soldiers and believe that there should be a merger between the army and the police force, a recent poll suggested. The poll, conducted by Don Anderson on behalf of The Jamaica Gleaner...

Jamaica Labour Party knocks Clarke study
JAMAICA'S OPPOSITION LEADER Bruce Golding yesterday rejected a number of the recommendations proposed in the report of the Oliver Clarke-led Parliamentary Salaries Review Committee. Mr. Golding was making his contribution to the debate on the report...

UK's Blair gets flak for phased-in sugar tariff
BRUSSELS/GEORGETOWN (AP): BRITISH PRIME Minister Tony Blair promised to ease the impact of the European Union's (EU) planned cut in sugar prices for Caribbean producers by slowly phasing in tariff reforms, the Guyanese Government said yesterday.

Cayman could send delegation to Jamaica to discuss visa regime
THE CAYMAN Islands is prepared to send a delegation to Jamaica to discuss its new visa restrictions. Cayman's Leader of Govern-ment Business, Kurt Tibbetts, made the announcement at a press conference last week

West's Rhodes to success
INCREDIBLE! THAT'S how 21-year-old Keon West, Jamaica's 2005-2006 Rhodes Scholar, feels. The Campion College alumnus is currently enrolled at Macalister College in Minnesota, United States...

KRAAL TRIAL: DAY 17 - Policeman gives tearful testimony - Says man was killed during search
A POLICEMAN wept in court yesterday as he related how a civilian was shot dead while he was searching him in a house at Kraal, Clarendon, on May 7, 2003. Constable Donovan Thompson said that at the time, the man had his hands bent at the elbow...

Portia denies dodger claims
PEOPLE'S NATIONAL Party (PNP) presidential candidate Portia Simpson Miller yesterday denied that she did not attend yesterday's Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) event because she was dodging questions from business leaders.