Gun pact sealed - US to help stem illegal arms, drugs
JAMAICA AND the United States have signed a Gun and Drug Interdiction Agreement which will see Jamaica receiving additional assistance from the US to stem the flow of illegal guns into the island. This was disclosed at a meeting convened by Prime...

Seaga objects to 'activists'

OPPOSITION LEADER, Edward Seaga, insisted yesterday that the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) was not seeking to impose its supporters on the Electoral Advisory Committee (EAC), but was objecting to known political activists being appointed.

PM orders investigation into cruise ship search
Prime Minister P.J. Patterson has demanded a "full and expeditious investigation" into the searching of a cruise ship by police in Port Antonio last Thursday night. In a letter to Commissioner of Police, Francis Forbes, the Prime Minister asked that a...

Owners and liability
STATUTORY PROVISIONS under Jamaican law make it possible for members of the public or their families, who have been injured or killed by derelict buildings which collapse on them, to be compensated. Also eligible for compensation are persons who suffer..