No 'careless' tickets - Appeal Court says motorists should be warned, then summoned
A COURT of Appeal ruling has halted the illegal police practice of issuing traffic tickets requiring motorists to attend court to answer charges of careless driving. Last week, the Appeal Court ruled...

Cops to turn over firearm documents
THE MINISTRY of National Security yesterday instructed Police Commissioner Lucius Thomas to immediately recall all unused and not-yet-issued firearm licence booklets, as the new independent licensing regime comes into effect.

Canadian volunteers labour in inner-city communities in Jamaica
TWENTY-ONE students and 11 adults from Sturgeon Falls in Ontario, Canada, are currently in the island doing charity work in some of the most deprived inner-city communities in Kingston and St. Andrew.

No room at the inn - Kingston's small hotels booked out for PNP delegates' conference
SOME SMALL hotels in Kingston are reporting full bookings for this Saturday's People's National Party (PNP) delegates' conference, which will be held on the grounds of Jamaica College on Old Hope Road, St. Andrew.

Delegates' list not completed
THE FINAL delegates' list for the People's National Party presidential election, slated for this Saturday, was up to yesterday not yet completed. According to Maureen Webber, deputy general secretary...

Blythe still confident - Says Simpson Miller only competition
WESTERN BUREAU: STILL BRIMMING with confidence that he will come out the winner at Saturday's People's National Party (PNP) presidential elections at Jamaica College, Member of Parliament for Central Westmoreland, Dr. Karl Blythe, says...

Air Jamaica turns down Cricket World Cup deal
CRICKET WORLD Cup 2007 is still searching for an official airline partner after being turned down by Air Jamaica. O.K. Melhado, chairman of Air Jamaica, told The Gleaner that the proposal made to his company by Global Cricket Corporation...

Wayne Reid explains the way forward for Highway 2000
THE EDITOR, Sir: WE ARE responding to your front page article of The Gleaner of February 20, 2006, entitled 'Bouygues begins pull-out'. The Highway 2000 project is essentially a private sector project...