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SECTIONS OF Jamaica's capital were up to yesterday still painted by North America and the United Kingdom as risk zones their nationals should avoid.Two weeks after an unprecedented clash between the security forces and gunmen in west Kingston...

SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine: In light of the recent incursion into Tivoli Gardens, Dennis Robotham, president of the St Catherine Chamber of Commerce and Industry, believes that now is the opportune time for authorities to take...

Jamaica's ambassador to the United States, Audrey Marks, came out pinch-hitting for the Golding administration yesterday, as she sought to defend tough action by the security forces in tackling criminal networks amid...

Police and millitary personnel on the ground in sections of west Kingston under curfew since Sunday have received high marks for their conduct from several residents of the area."The soldier them cool.

Blackboards were bare of the usual mathematics equations. Sobbing occasionally punctuated the silence. Textbooks remained curfewed in school bags....

The events of the last two weeks have turned the spotlight on inner-city youths once again, and, for the most part, it is the negative sides of them that are being projected, with the dons and 'shottas' in their usual...

WESTERN BUREAU: A group of past students of the Jamaica School of Agriculture residing in the United States are proposing to establish an annual scholarship for Jamaicans who wish to undertake studies in the field...

A call has been made for the Government to place more priority on drug abuse and abusers.
Michael Tucker, executive director of the National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA), made the call last Thursday after outlining the various physical...

Head of the Centre for Leadership and Governance at the University of the West Indies, Professor Trevor Munroe, has prodded the State and civic society to seize the moment and eradicate rampant criminality and corruption...

The search for public enemy number one, Christopher 'Dudus' Coke, has turned to communities and individuals linked to the Opposition People's National Party (PNP).

THE STEADY stream from Jane McFarlane's right eye does not run straight down her otherwise startlingly calm face. It runs across her cheek, over the flare of her nostril and to the tip of her nose. The teardrop does not fall to disfigure any of the pictures she has inclined her head to scrutinise.

SENIOR MEMBERS of the security team in Tivoli Gardens and its environs are contending that their efforts to restore order to the besieged area are being severely thwarted by strong countervailing forces that have been called in by the State to assist in the investigative process.