Patterson urges HIV testing
WITH MORE than 20,000 Jamaicans infected with HIV/AIDS, Prime Minister P.J. Patterson is urging persons to get tested in order to prevent the spread of the disease. He made the call during his World AIDS Day message.

European Union (EU) sugar cuts may get legal challenge
SUGAR-PRODUCING NATIONS, including Jamaica, could take legal action against the European Union (EU) as a result of its sugar price cuts, according to Ambassador Derick Heaven, head of the Sugar Industry Authority (SIA).

Cops pursue six suspects in Windsor Heights shooting
SIX SUSPECTS implicated in Tuesday night's shooting of four persons and the burning of three houses yesterday morning, in the hilly terrain of Windsor Heights, Central Village, St. Catherine, are being pursued by the police.

Jamaican Men use gender power in the bedroom
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR of the National Family Planning Board (NFPB), Dr. Olivia McDonald, says men are continuing to determine the type of family planning methods used in relationships...

KRAAL TRIAL: DAY 23 - Defence cuts Pusey's testimony
STRONG OBJECTIONS from defence lawyers yesterday prevented Senior Superintendent of Police Donald Pusey from disclosing what he heard East Kingston businessman Danhai Williams saying on his cellular phone on the evening of May 7, 2003.

Thirty cops to account for missing weapons - Greater Portmore policemen to appear before Court of Inquiry
THIRTY MEMBERS of the South St. Catherine Police Division are scheduled to appear before a Court of Inquiry to answer departmental charges relating to the disappearance of two service weapons from the Greater Portmore Police Station...