Opposition Leader Portia Simpson Miller has demanded that Prime Minister Bruce Golding cut the size of the Cabinet and is challenging him to call elections if he is unable to run the country.

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Prime Minister Bruce Golding yesterday broke his silence on what seems, at least from the outside, a Jamaica stand-off with the United States over that country's extradition request for Tivoli Gardens area leader Christopher "Dudus" Coke on drugs and gun-related allegations.

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Does Dudas has rights or are the politians running scared?

THE ORGY of violence which resulted in more than 1,600 people being murdered across the island last year has continued in 2009 with 13 persons killed in the first 48 hours. continue

The 19-year-old woman who reportedly left her 2-year-old child in an abandoned building on Spanish Town Road in Kingston last week is to undergo another round of questioning from the police.

The Mustard Seed Communities and Missionaries of the Poor have joined forces with other anti-abortion advocates to assist expectant mothers contemplating terminating pregnancies.

Father Gregory Ramkissoon, executive director of Mustard Seed, threw out the lifeline yesterday during a press conference at Holy Cross Church in Half-Way Tree, St Andrew. Continue

At least three persons suspected of stealing sand from properties in Trelawny are now in police custody. Continue Reading

Agriculture minister requests investigation into $105m transaction
Agriculture Minister Dr Christopher Tufton says a full-scale investigation will be launched into the circumstances surrounding a controversial arrangement between Jamaica Cane Product Sales (JCPS) and Indian company Shreeji Impex Corporation... Continue

TOUGH new measures to strengthen Government's procurement policy and reduce corruption in the public sector were introduced in Parliament yesterday by minister of finance and the public service Audley Shaw. Continue

OFFICERS from the police's Community Safety and Security branch yesterday displayed hundreds of offensive weapons, drugs and paraphernalia that were confiscated from various high and primary schools in the Corporate Area and St Catherine. Continue Reading

The Government is set to relaunch the Inner-City Housing Programme (ICHP), seven months after Prime Minister Bruce Golding put the brakes on it.Golding announced a suspension of the programme in his first... continue reading

I am honored to congratulate the Honorable Portia Simpson-Miller, on her successful re-election as head of the People National Party (PNP).

Portia Simpson-Miller, President of the People's National Party (PNP)

I was blessed to travel to Jamaica in the summer of 2006, as the guest of Called To The Kingdom, an anti-violence ministry organization, led by Mrs. Carone Gordon.

During our visit to Kingston and surrounding areas, my delegation was officially greeted by the Jamaican government, at that time Simpson-Miller served as Prime Minister. Our party also met with Jamaican opposition leaders, community and Christian ministry leader. I was also honored to present to the Jamaican government official greeting from then Governor of the State of Ohio, Robert A.Taft, II, great- grandson of the twenty-seventh President of the United Stated and the tenth Chief Justice of the United States, William Howard Taft.

Rev. John Coats Address Anti-Violence Conference at the Jamaica Conference Centre (2006)

After conflicting reports that William 'Bill' Clarke, president and CEO of the Bank of Nova Scotia Jamaica Limited, had been fired, the bank's parent company in Canada issued a statement yesterday announcing his retirement in October. This is four years earlier than the time Clarke had originally set himself to retire.

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

According to information on Radio Jamaica there will be changes made to the visa application system at the United States Embassy in Kingston.

The problem lies with the online application system which has been causing hold ups as persons are making several appointments.

A briefing was held yesterday with the Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Consular Affairs, Janice Jacobs, where it was revealed that some travel agents were also securing blocks of appointments. She also stated that in the upcoming year a new system will be put in place to remove the problem.

The proposed plan to be executed in order to alleviate the problem is to have customers pay the application fee when they book their appointments online instead of paying the fee otherwise as is being done presently.

They believe this will lead to a decline in the problem they are currently facing.

Source: www.yardflex.com

St Andrew, Jamaica:
The Management of the Half-way-Tree Transportation Centre in Kingston disclosed that things ran smoothly this morning (January 15, 2008) following a near chaotic day on the morning it opened to the general public on Monday.

West Kingston, Jamaica:
The Tivoli Gardens area in West Kingston remained calm but tense following Sunday’s (January 13, 2008) killing of five men in the community by security forces in search of wanted men in the area.

The gun fight between a joint police/military started just before mid-day and when the smoke cleared five men were left dead and at least five illegal guns recovered. There was talk that another four guns were also recovered bringing it to nine in the daylight of operation. One policeman and a Soldier were injured in what the police described as a ‘shoot out’.

St Catherine, Jamaica:
The St Catherine South Police seized over 100 pounds of compressed Ganja along the Mandella Highway in St Catherine recently.
Police reports indicate that the traffic cops were conducting a spot check along Mandella Highway in St Catherine and signaled a vehicle to stop, but the driver disobeyed the Police’s request and sped away. The Police gave chase and the driver crashed on a section of the road and the men ran from the vehicle.
The Police searched the vehicle and 16 packages containing ganja were found.
The St Catherine South Police is carrying out investigations.

Kingston, Jamaica:
The Police in Kingston is on a manhunt for a man only known as 'Dane' after he allegedly killed is common law wife yesterday, morning, Thursday, December 20, 2007.
Police reported that the man and his 21 year-old common law wife was caught in an alteration when a knife was used to stab her.

*New Police Head vow to lock down some Police Stations
Kingston, Jamaica:

Rear Admiral Hardly Lewin in his first official Press Conference with the media in Kingston, yesterday, Thursday, December 20, 2007, has vowed to lock down some police Stations, with specific emphsis on Corporate area Stations.

Kingston, Jamaica:
Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) won their third staight election in four years after winning the Local Government elections on Wednesday December 5, 2007.
The victory at the polls was the JLP's second in three months, when they won the General Elections and outsted the PNP from power. They also won the Parish Council elections in 2003.
Preliminary counts indicate that the ruling JLP had won nine of 13 Parish Councils.
Interestingly the PNP have won a majority stake in the Portmore Municipality 7-4 over the JLP, however, the JLP managed to cop the big prize of Mayorship as Business man Keith Blake beat the incumbent George Lee of the PNP.
Another interesting senario is that the St Ann Parish Coucil was split eight-eight for both parties, leading to popular votes as the tie-breaker.
Overall the voter turn out was low as the Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ) reported that about 40% of voters turn out to fill their ballots.

13th Cop killed
Kingston, Jamaica:
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is again in mourning following the murder of Constable Richard Harrison along Bay Farm Road in St Andrew, Monday morning, November 19, 2007.

Police Reports indicated that Constable Harrison and another man was traveling in a vehicle along Bay Farm Roadminutes after 5 o'clock Monday morning and on reaching a section of the roadway they met upon a road block, the Constable tried to escape the trap but was subsequently pounced upon by two gunmen who opened fire killing the Constable and injuring the passenger in the vehicle, who was taken to hospital for treatment.

Constable Harrison 24, is the 13th Police man to be killed since the start of the year.

Just last Sunday, November 11, another constable was cut down by gunmen in Montego Bay.

The JCF is treating the murder with disdain and is concerned about the brutal manner in which the constable was killed.

West Kingston, Jamaica:
Jamaicans will for the second time this year go to the polls, this time to elect their Local Government Officials.
The date of the Local Government elections is set for Wednesday, December 5, 2007, and nomination date is this Monday, November 19, 2007.

The date of the Elections was announced by Prime Minister Bruce Golding at a West Kingston Constituency Conference in Tivoli Gardens in Kingston on Wednesday night, November 14, 2007.

The Local elections comes just three months after the nation voted to remove power from the PNP, who led the country's affairs for 18 months, and put in the JLP, a Political party formed by National Hero Sir Alexander Bustamante, cousin to Norman Washington Manley, who incorporated the PNP.

The Local Elections are normally low keyed in terms of voter turn out but both parties will be requesting that their voters come out on the day, especially the PNP who don't want to lose back-to-back elections.

With the Security Forces lamenting over the uninspiring crime figures over the past three months, they have to deal with added pressure, the slaying of one of their own by gunmen in Montego Bay St James on Sunday, November 11, 2007.

Constable Cornell Lewis, who was shot and killed in Montego Bay, St James is the 12th cop this year to have died from a gunman’s bullet.

*Jamaican Police put up JA $12 million bounty on the nation’s most wanted criminals
Kingston, Jamaica:
The Jamaican Police is seeking the assistance of the public to find twelve deadly criminals who have managed to escape the lawmen in recent time.

Anyone catching these culprits will get a cool Million for each, making the total bounty to be $12 million dollars.

But, observing their files it won’t be easy to apprehend them, and most if not all of them are armed and dangerous.

This information was disclosed at a Press Conference at the Commissioner of Police in Offices in Kingston.

Two cop killers are in the list of 12, that of Carey Rose, alias Tyson, as a suspect in the murder of Sergeant Egerton Brown, a bodyguard to former Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller and Lincoln Powell, alias Harry Dog, who resides in Brook Valley, Duhaney Park for the alleged murder of Corporal Dave Daley of the Duhaney Park Police Station.
The list also includes a trio of brothers Wayne Dryden, 34, Deon 'Long Head' Dryden, 32, and Linton Dryden, 29. The three siblings of High Mountain, Bog Walk, are wanted for the murders of Elaine Chin, 33, and Christine Chin 52, at their home in High Mountain on June 17, 2005; Kemor Brooks, alias Problem Child, 23, of Greenwich Town in Kingston, who is wanted on four counts of murder committed between last year and March of this year. He is of black complexion, five feet 10 inches tall, with dark brown eyes; Wilberforce Matterson, alias Cracker, 22, of Lesser Portmore Villa in Gregory Park, St Catherine. He is wanted on charges of murder, shooting and robbery, stemming from incidents in St Catherine last year. He is 5 feet 10 inches tall, of dark complexion, with bleached out face and thick eyebrows and slim built; Cedrick Murray, otherwise called Paul Brown and Dogie, who is wanted for a triple murder on Felicity Road in Montego Bay on February 9 last year. Murray, 34, is of black complexion, has a big head, broad nose, thick lips and pointed chin; Eldon Calvert, wanted on several counts of murder and shootings in the Meghie Top area of St James in 2005 and 2006. The 24-year-old Calvert is 5 feet 9 inches tall, of dark complexion and slim built; Gerald 'Rado' Taylor of Sun Valley, Glendevon, St James, who is wanted for murder and shooting in the Blood Lane area on November 7 last year. Taylor who is believed to be between the ages of 26 and 28 years old is 5 feet 9 inches tall, slim built and of light complexion; Richard Brown Jesus, otherwise called Jessie, of Sunlight Street in the Kingston 13 area of Maxfield Avenue. He is wanted on a charge of murder, stemming from a shooting incident along Ramsey Road, Kingston 13, on July 22. He is about 5 feet 9 inches tall, of slim built, dark complexion, large mouth, brown-stained teeth and sports a plaited hairstyle; Robert 'Denero' Brown of 8 Dunmair Close, Kingston 19 and Quarry Heights in Papine, St Andrew. He is wanted on a charge of murder on Red Hills Road on June 6 of this year and for shootings along Karl Samuda Boulevard on July 27.

Kingston, Jamaica:

Heavy rainfall associated with the outer bands of Hurricane Noel lashed the island, yesterday, November 1, 2007, and will continue into today according to a bulletin from the Met Office in Kingston, Jamaica.

The Met Office had reported that at At 4:00 a.m. the centre of Tropical Storm Noel was located near Latitude 23.7 degrees north, Longitude 78.5 degrees west, or 185 kilometres Southwest of Nassau, Bahamas and about 290 kilometres southeast of Miami, Florida.

Kingston, Jamaica:

The Metrologal Centre reported at 5 P.M. on Tuesday, October 30, 2007, that Tropical Storm Noel will produce showers over sections of the Island over the next two days.
At 4:00 p.m. the centre of Tropical Storm Noel was located near Latitude 21.0 degrees north, Longitude 78.0 degrees west, or 45 kilometres south southwest of Camaguey Cuba and about 450 kilometres south of Nassau, Bahamas.

"Noel is moving toward the west near 13 km/hr. A gradual turn toward the northwest is forecast during the next 24 hours. On this track, the centre of Noel is expected to remain over Cuba tonight", a report from the Met Office explained.

Prime Minister Bruce Golding has the view that the only way crime can be eliminated is by an improvement in the social conditions of the poor of the country.

He said that job creation is a must for crime to be put on hold, as if certain people were employed they wouldn't be easily influenced to be apart of gangs.
Prime Minister Golding was speaking recently, at a function hosted by NCB and involved both Goverment and Private Sector officials.

Since Hurricane Dean lashed Jamaica on Sunday, August 19, 2007, many organizations both local and foreign have been bringing in relief in cash and kind.
Bauxite companies Alpart and Wind Alco poured in $83 million dollars into the coffers f the island's Hurricane Relief fund.
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Sunday (August 10-12, 2007).
The Meterological Office based in Kingston announced that middle level trough and a trpical wave caused the heavy rains and, dumping more volume of water on the island.
The Eastern parishes such as St Thomas felt the brunt of the rains, and flooding were experienced in some parished.

Kingston, Jamaica:
What in hell could have led 12 men from a neighbouring community to Torrington Bridge in Kingston, to kill a 47 year-old woman, and her seven year-old daughter yesterday morning, Thursday, June 21, 2007.
The dead have been identified as seven-year-old Damone Skyers, and her 47 year-old mother Maureen Bennett.

Some Jamaicans are fearing the worst as the election date draws nearer.
A general election is constitutional due by November of this year.
Both parties are pressuring the Political Ombudsman, Bishop Herror Blair to investigate violence against supporters of both parties.

U.S. CITIZENS WITH PENDING PASSPORT APPLICATIONS ALLOWED
TEMPORARY TRAVEL FLEXIBILITY TO WESTERN HEMISPHERE

PRESS RELEASE
EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
2 OXFORD ROAD, KINGSTON 5

Contact: Office of Public Affairs, TEL: 702-6000, Email: opakgn@state.gov

The U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security announced today that U.S. citizens traveling to Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Bermuda who have applied for but not yet received passports can nevertheless temporarily enter and depart from the United States by air with a government issued photo identification and Department of State official proof of application for a passport through September 30, 2007. The federal government is making this accommodation for air travel due to longer than expected processing times for passport applications in the face of record-breaking demand.

The Clarendon Police are carrying investigations into the slaying of one of their colleague in the parish, Saturday night.
Special Corporal Joslyn Francis, 48, who was stationed at the May Pen Police Station in the parish was the ninth Police Officer to be killed since the start of the year.
According to Police reports at about 9:10 pm, Corporal Francis was walking along Pond Road, when he was pounced upon by unknown assailants who fattally shot him. His service revolver with serial number D995748 and six live rounds of ammunition was taken from him.

*Driver faces multiple manslaughter charges
An unidentified bus driver who mowed down a group of persons at a bus stop in the community of Cooreville Gardens on Tuesday May 29, in St Andrew is set to be slapped with mutiple charges of manslaughter.

Kingston, Jamaica:
Muslim Abdullah El-Faisal, landed in Kingston,Jamaica yesterday afternoon, May 25, 2007, after spending about four years in a United Kingdom cell, serving about half of his seven-year sentence.

Cop killed by ?friendly? fire

A 25 year-old Constable, who was shot and killed in April was reportedly killed by ?friendly? fire the Police Information Arm, CCN reported recently.

Constable, Michael Haughton, the cop that was shot in his back was actually hit by one of his colleagues after the Police responded to gun fire in the Payne Land area of St Andrew South.

He was the eight cop to be murdered in 2007.

It was originally reported that gun fire from criminals snuffed out the life of the young constable.

Murders up by 5%

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is reporting that there were 489 murderers in the first four months of the year (up to April 30, 2007).

This figure is 5% more or 17 ahead of last year?s figure during the same period.

February which accounted for 97 murders, March with 123 murders, and April with 121 murders were the months that there wasn't an increase when compared to last year's figure.

Last February had 101 killings, and March last year was equal this this year's figure of 123 murders.

January murders went up by 30 (148), to (118 in 2006).

Bruce Golding, President of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) said he has heard a similar sound, in relation to the Security Forces operation in Western Kingston, a hot bed of the corporate area, where four persons were killed on Tuesday, April 17, 2007.
With Jamaica's general elections constitutionally due some time this year (2007), many residents have the view that the JLP stronghold areas of Western Kingston is unfairly targeted by the Police.

It is an awesome responsibility to take care of a child whether it be a male or a female, but you (mother) has brought them in this world to nurture and care for them.
However, according to media reports there have been a sense of neglect and 'duh care' attitude towards children by a couple parents in Jamaica.
People in St Elizabeth has alleged that a mother and her common law husband has allowed their 12 year-old daughter to live with a 30 year-old man who is currently on the run, for three months in a swap for land in the community.
This is more that a case of desperation, but a case of deteriorating morale standards.
The child is the eldest of six siblings and her parents recently erected a shack on the premises just a stone throw away from where it was alleged the child was living with the son of the owner of the land they are now occupying.

Jamaicans and the rest of the World will be focusing on the skies this evening as a Lunar Eclipse is expected to take place at about 5:44 pm (March 3, 2007).

The eclipse itself is expected to last just over an hour, but persons can still view the beautiful separations that take place up to about 9:30 pm, which involves the eclipse of the moon.

A lunar eclipse occurs whenever the Moon passes through some portion of the Earth's shadow. This can occur only when the Moon is full, and when the Sun, Earth and Moon are exactly on a line, or very closely so. The type and length of a lunar eclipse depends upon the Moon's location relative to its orbital nodes.

*Sixth Policeman gun down since the start of the year
Kingston, Jamaica:
The Jamaican Police fraternity is still in mourning over Monday night's brutal murder of Detective Corporal Dave Daley, along Brooks Avenue in Duhaney Park, St Andrew.
Reports are somewhat sketchy but the lawman's killing was as a result of him intervening into a fight between two men and he got caught up in the squabble with him and another man being shot, and both died.

Police personnel in St Catherine is still searching for clues to what was described as a heinous crime in Bog Walk St Catherine yesterday morning, when five men were murdered execution style, with gun shots to the back of their heads.
According to the Police a lone gun man pounced on a group of men at a gambling table, and forced them to lie flat on their stomachs and proceeded to shot his victims in the back of their heads.

An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter Scale shook sections of the island yesterday

The epicentre was located at Cayman Ridge, 200 kilometres West- Northwest of Montego Bay and had a focal depth of 20 kilometres. Presently, there has been no report of structural damage.

Did you feel the eathquake? Send JAMCL your comment.

St James, Jamaica:

Just days after Montego Bay gangsters embarassed the Police Force by dumping the head of a gunshot victim at the Area One Headquarters in Montego Bay, lawmen in the Tourist Capitol of Jamaica with the asistance of the military, gun down five men whom is believed to be apart of a notorious gang in the parish.

Kingston, Jamaica:
After 118 persons were murdered in first 24 days of the new year the Security forces in Jamaica were scuffling for solutions for the endemic crime problem.
A staggering ten persons were murdered last Wednesday including five in one incident in Montego Bay that made even the sternest of Police Officers flinch in their denim suits.
As after slaughtering the five men, the killers 'beheaded' one of the victims and dumped the head of the male at the headquarters of the St James Police Division.

This was a direct statement to the Police that the criminal elements will not let up and their criminal activities and aren't afraid of the cops.
A top level meeting between the Security Forces, Government and other stake holders didn't slow the murder rate.

The latest poll released has shown that JLP is one point ahead of the PNP and is therefore the likely candidate to win in the next general elections. Should we take these polls seriously at this time? My opinion is no, since so many times these pollsters have gotten it wrong. In addition I would warn the opposition not to run with these results and start celebrating.

But only time will tell, the PNP should however view these results as a wake up call and start putting their house in order. The Prime Minister has lost some of her popularity because of scandals upon scandal. Therefore persons will be more looking at her performance in determining whether they will go with the PNP in the next election.

A woman who yesterday allegedly posed as a ward assistant and kidnapped a two-day-old baby girl from the Victoria Jubilee Hospital (VJH) in Kingston, was last night being interrogated by police.

Police say they found baby Dajahnae about four hours later at an undisclosed location in Kingston.

Detective Sergeant Jewbert Lewellyn told the Observer that the baby was taken from her father's arms. First-time dad André Fairclough had gone to the 4th floor of the hospital at about 7:30 am to visit girlfriend Kadesha Fogo and his daughter. Thirty minutes later, the fake assistant reportedly told Fairclough that she was taking Dajahnae for her shots on another floor of the hospital.

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The Jamaica Chamber of Commerce has called on the government to come clean about difficulties it is facing in hosting the International Cricket Council (ICC) Cricket World Cup 2007.

At the same time, the chamber expressed concern that the government's $6.7 billion investment in hosting 11 matches in the third largest show on earth could be unprofitable.

In a statement this week, the JCC, headed by businessman Mark Myers, also cautioned the government that the absence of an islandwide beautification project could mean "an embarrassment to the nation".

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/html/20070118T220000-0500_118048_OBS_COME_CLEAN_ON_CRICKET_PROBLEMS__JCC_URGES_GOV_T.asp

CONSUMERS will have to pay between three and five per cent more for chicken meat by the end of this month.

Vice-president of Poultry Operations at Jamaica Broilers, Christopher Levy, said the increase was necessary at this time as the cost of corn used in the production of livestock feed has moved from US$2.30 per bushel last year to a whopping US$4.20 and climbing.

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/html/20070118T230000-0500_118058_OBS_CHICKEN_PRICE_GOING_UP_.asp

It didn't matter to the gunmen who invaded Ryan Dunkley's yard - a tenement at 40 Maxfield Avenue in Kingston - that he was holding two of his daughters.

The heartless criminals shot him dead, endangering the lives of the two- and four-year-old girls.

The savagery of Dunkley's murder just after midday yesterday sparked more grief and anger in the volatile community that was already fuming at the destruction, by fire, of a shop and three homes along Wellington Road Wednesday night.

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/html/20070118T230000-0500_118060_OBS_SAVAGE_MURDER_.asp

The adversaries of the devil have launched an attack on the decent law abiding citizens of the nation, and the state and only God can save us from their wrath.

Yesterday six persons were killed in Montego Bay, St James, adding to the ills of that part of the island.

The normal person cannot see what is really happening, only Holy Ghost blood washed people will see that the corruption that is happening is sent from the gates of hell, and only prayer, and repentance can save us.

The blood letting continues, and a lot of people have given up hope, but without hope the people will perish.

So be strong in the lord.

Bloody Start 2007

The start of the New Year has left the country in mourning.

Tuesday 2nd, January 2007:

According to the Constabulary Communication Network (CCN), at about 5:15 pm the 38-year-old constable (Ralston Ebanks), who is assigned to the Clarendon division, was travelling to his home in 8 West, Greater Portmore, along with his 34-year-old sister (Fernadis Ebanks-Clarke) and her one-year-old son. As Ebanks stopped at the traffic light at West Port Henderson Boulevard, a car pulled up alongside his white Toyota Mark II motor car. A gunman alighted, and shot the cop and his family.

(Jan 1/07)
We enter the New Year with partial victories in our campaign to save the Cockpit Country, but these fall far short of what's required. At the moment, prospecting has been suspended, but recent statements made by the Government of Jamaica (GoJ) indicate that mining is a real possibility in the future, at least in some parts of the CC:

*Malaria toll now 156

The Ministry of Health in a Malaria update reported that the mosquito borne disease has risen to 156. This count is 16 more than the last released figure.

The current rise is expected as more blood samples are tested.

However, Dr. Marion Ducasse Senior Medical Officer at the Ministry of Health, said that they have things under control.

*Disease rises as more samples are tested

The Ministry of Health in a release reported that the number of persons contracting Malaria has jumped to 77 since the disease was first confirmed in the Island early December.

The Jamaican Government has since urged persons that have the symptoms of the Malaria disease to get tested at one of the Health Centers.

The Ministry of Health in a release on Friday (December 8, 2006) has banned public gatherings in areas in Kingston where persons have contracted Malaria.

To-date the number of cases of Malaria has jumped to 49.

Aerial spraying possible

Horace Dalley, the Minister of Health said yesterday that he will not rule out aerial spraying to combat a break out of Malaria in the country.

He pointed out that though the decease is not widespread the Ministry of Health is not taking any chances with this decease.

The Jamaican Government yesterday allocated $30.2 million dollars to fight new cases of Malaria. At least 30 persons in Kingston/St Andrew and St Catherine have tested positive for the mosquito caused disease. The government is expected to run an extensive vaccine drive to combat the outbreak of the disease once thought to be eradicated from Jamaica many years ago. The symptoms include fever and muscle aches, nausea, vomiting and exhaustion.

A flash flood watch remains in effect for low-lying and flood-prone areas, as well as northern and south-eastern parishes until 5:00 a.m. tomorrow, the Meteorological Service reports, rainy conditions are expected to continue for the next 24 to 36 hours. Meanwhile, according to information from the National Works Agency, the Montpelier to Cambridge main road in St. James in the vicinity of the Bickersteth community, was impassable to cars and small trucks up to yesterday evening.

The two (2) suspects charged with murder of former World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight champion,Trevor Berbick confessed and lead the police to a second murder weapon.

The two held are 20-year-old Harold Berbick, nephew of the deceased, and 18-year-old Kenton Gordon, both of a Norwich district address.

Dutty wine labeled ‘a killer dance move.’

Eighteen year old Tanisha Henry collapsed while dutty wining at a party in Beacon Hill, Thompson Pen, St.Catherine October 29, 2006.

It was reported that Tanisha and some friends attended a school uniform party held in the Parish. At about 4:00am while doing the dance the incident occurred and Miss Henry was reported dead at the Spanish Town Hospital.
The incident left Tanisha’s mother Linda Henry in shock. As the doctor told her that her daughter was dead due to the dance, her worst fear was realized and remains in shock as she says she does not know how the family will deal with the matter.