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Now that their area don is gone, many young girls and grown women in Tivoli Gardens fear that rape and other crimes will become features of the community's daily life.

SEVERAL ROADS were left impassable yesterday as heavy rains lashed most of the island.The National Works Agency (NWA), late yesterday, reported that the rainfall of the previous 72 hours caused flooded roadways in some parishes.In St Elizabeth, the...

GOVERNMENT SENATOR Dennis Meadows has formally withdrawn a controversial motion calling on the Media Association Jamaica (MAJ) to accept a more flexible use of government time on radio and television.

THE ISLANDWIDE festivities to celebrate the nation's Olympic champions nearly two years ago were not carried out in a manner that would ensure accountability, transparency and impartiality, the Office of the...

Christopher 'Dudus' Coke, the alleged drug kingpin who enjoyed demigod status in the west Kingston stronghold of Tivoli Gardens, shared the fate of mortal man when he spentlast night under armed guard on United States soil....

The much-feared Coke empire reigned supreme in Tivoli Gardens for about a quarter of a century before it was toppled, at a time when the second-generation leadership seemed to have been at its most dominant...

WESTERN BUREAU: The Westmoreland police are probing a fraud matter in which Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett was impersonated and unsuspecting Jamaicans living overseas...

The sale of fish in the Mandeville Market has taken a nosedive after word spread that the Ministry of Health has confirmed that some vendors were using formaldehyde to preserve their fish....

The Reverend Merrick 'Al' Miller has come under fire from church leaders for his involvement with fugitive Christopher 'Dudus' Coke, who was captured Tuesday by the police while travelling in the pastor's vehicle along...

Justice officials in the United States have welcomed news that Christopher 'Dudus' Coke, who they have designated one of the world's most "dangerous narcotics kingpins", is in custody and could be extradited by Friday.

MORE THAN 200 people remained in custody yesterday evening after the security forces imposed two predawn curfews in and around Spanish Town, St Catherine. The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) yesterday said 275 males and two females...

AN EXTRADITION hearing is scheduled to begin today for Jamaica's most notorious fugitive, Christopher 'Dudus' Coke, a mere 42 hours after the alleged crime overlord was taken into custody by the police....