Budget cuts loom - PM warns constituency fund in danger of being slashed
The much-touted Constituency Development Fund (CDF) could be one of the victims when the Government begins the process of slashing its expenditure budget to move it in line with current revenue. The CDF was a key plank of the Jamaica Labour Party's campaign ...

St Bess lands go up in smoke
WESTERN BUREAU: A raging fire destroyed more than 300 acres of land in St Elizabeth yesterday as it blazed for over four hours across the Barbary Hall and Mountainside districts of the parish.Several farmers were left...

Blame it on Abe? - Golding claims agreement breached by attorney in North West Clarendon dual-citizenship dispute
Prime Minister Bruce Golding has expressed disappointment with the latest developments in the dual-citizenship controversy and is laying the blame at the feet of attorney-at-law and former People's National Party (PNP) candidate Abe Dabdoub...

Armadale atmosphere had been tense - witness
One of the correctional officers on duty when a fire razed the Armadale Juvenile Correctional Centre in May, killing seven girls, said yesterday the atmosphere had become tense two weeks before the incident. Caldeen Shaw-Slack told the commission...

Weeklong tribute for Lady B
The Government is planning an almost weeklong schedule of activities as a final tribute to Lady Bustamante. The activities will begin next Monday and end with her funeral at Sts Peter and Paul Roman Catholic Church in St Andrew the following Saturday...

Crown closes case in 'Bungles' trial
The Crown yesterday closed its case in the corruption trial of Superintendent Harry 'Bungles' Daley in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court, after calling Detective Inspector of Police Paul Thomas to the witness stand...