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Published:Saturday | May 22, 2010 | 12:00 AM

WESTERN BUREAU:THE TOURISM sector's greatest fear materialised yesterday with the issuing of a travel advisory by three of its main tourism partners, the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.

Published:Saturday | May 22, 2010 | 12:00 AM

HAVING POSTED modest growth in revenue, and achieved some success in containing its costs, The Gleaner Company Ltd reported net profit after tax of $31 million in the first quarter of 2010, reversing a loss of approximately $15 million for the...

Published:Friday | May 21, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Registrar of the Supreme Court Rosemarie Harris has declined to say if she has set a date for the motion filed by West Kingston strongman Christopher 'Dudus' Coke who is seeking an order to stop the extradition proceedings...

Published:Friday | May 21, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Opposition People's National Party (PNP) is increasing its calls for full disclosure on the Manatt, Phelps & Phillips affair in the wake of what it says are more contradicting statements from government officials.

Published:Friday | May 21, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Prime Minister Bruce Golding has expressed regret at the passing of Dr Herbert Eldemire, a former minister of health in the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) administration of the late 1960s.Eldemire died at his home in Reading, St James, yesterday morning...

Published:Friday | May 21, 2010 | 12:00 AM

WESTERN BUREAU:The tourism sector is on edge, but none of the island's hotels have been hit by the current controversy surrounding to the Christopher 'Dudus' Coke extradition order, say...

Published:Friday | May 21, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries has partnered with the health and national security ministeries in another attempt to combat the problem of farm theft.It is estimated that every year more than $5 billion...

Published:Friday | May 21, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The police are reporting that thugs in Tivoli Gardens, Kingston, have stockpiled a large cache of weapons, including the high-powered 50 calibre Grizzly Big Boar rifle.This gun is used in long-range target and sniper firing and can carry armour piercing...

Published:Friday | May 21, 2010 | 12:00 AM

CHILDREN'S ADVOCATE Mary Clarke has made an impassioned plea to the security forces and residents in barricaded communities in west Kingston to protect the children from any possible fallout arising from the Christopher 'Dudus' Coke extradition...

Published:Friday | May 21, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Embattled west Kingston strongman Christopher 'Dudus' Coke received a fillip yesterday as thousands of vocal residents of Tivoli Gardens and adjoining communities took to the streets supporting him...

Published:Friday | May 21, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Dr Ronald Robinson, government senator and state minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, is the first casualty in the messy Manatt, Phelps & Phillips affair that has dogged the Government of Jamaica for more than two months.

Published:Friday | May 21, 2010 | 12:00 AM

As the ongoing extradition drama over west Kingston stongman Christopher 'Dudus' Coke continues to shift from the streets to the legal arena, nervous members of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) are admitting that they are embarrassed that a small...

Published:Thursday | May 20, 2010 | 12:00 AM

FORMER NATIONAL Security Minister Dr Peter Phillips has suggested that the Government may have 'prepared the wicket' for Christopher 'Dudus' Coke's court defence.Coke, who has been accused by the United States of drug...

Published:Thursday | May 20, 2010 | 12:00 AM

THE JAMAICA Defence Force (JDF) has called out the National Reserve after thugs in west Kingston yesterday underscored their stated intention to defend the 'President' when they opened fire on a team of soldiers attempting to enter Denham Town....

Published:Thursday | May 20, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Members of the Criminal Investigative Bureau (CIB), assigned to the Protective Service Division, have begun investigating reports of threats made against the lives of a number of persons, including politicians and personnel from Jamaicans for Justice...

Published:Thursday | May 20, 2010 | 12:00 AM

CONCERNED ABOUT the slow pace at which substantive reforms to the country's anti-corruption institutional framework is taking place, Contractor General Greg Christie says his office is again hopeful, following a renewed commitment by Prime Minister...

Published:Thursday | May 20, 2010 | 12:00 AM

MANATT, PHELPS & Phillips, the United States law firm which claimed to have represented Jamaica in treaty issues with America, has emphatically declared that it did not represent Tivoli Gardens strongman Christopher 'Dudus' Coke.

Published:Thursday | May 20, 2010 | 12:00 AM

West Kingston strongman Christopher 'Dudus' Coke is challenging the warrant which was issued on Tuesday for his arrest to face extradition proceedings in court.Coke's motion was filed yesterday in the Supreme Court...

Published:Thursday | May 20, 2010 | 12:00 AM

(CMC): St Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Dr Denzil Douglas has joined the debate in the ongoing controversy surrounding the extradition request for Christopher 'Dudus' Coke.Two days after Prime Minister Bruce Golding said the attorney general would sign...

Published:Wednesday | May 19, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Several entrances to Tivoli Gardens, the reported home base of Christopher 'Dudus' Coke were blocked with debris yesterday as persons prepared for what many feared would be an attempt by the security forces to remove the man they call 'President'...

Published:Wednesday | May 19, 2010 | 12:00 AM

WESTERN BUREAU: The foreign affairs and tourism ministries are now faced with the task of doing damage control following the international fallout in the Christopher 'Dudus' Coke extradition matter. Already, the Jamaica...

Published:Wednesday | May 19, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Prime Minister Bruce Golding made another declaration during his address to the nation on Monday that the Government will tackle the crime problem with "vigour, confidence and determination" .

Published:Wednesday | May 19, 2010 | 12:00 AM

THE MICROSCOPIC lens of the Office of the Contractor General (OCG) is now focusing on the Government's proposed multibillion-dollar deal to sell its 45 per cent stake in the jointly owned Government of Jamaica-Alcoa-Jamalco alumina refinery to a Chinese...

Published:Wednesday | May 19, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Attorney General Dorothy Lightbourne has finally affixed her signature to the extradition order against Tivoli Gardens strongman Christopher 'Dudus' Coke, and Director of Public Prosecutions Paula Llewellyn yesterday secured the required arrest warrant....

Published:Wednesday | May 19, 2010 | 12:00 AM

1.After the resident magistrate (RM) issues the provisional warrant for the arrest of a fugitive, the director of public prosecutions (DPP) hand-delivers signed and sealed copies of the information...

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