Frustrated residents take to the streets
SEVERAL JAMAICANS TOOK to the streets and vented their frustration with Government yesterday. Residents blocked roads with debris, some with their bodies and others protested peacefully with placards throughout most of the day.

35 arrested in connection with islandwide protest
POLICE ARE REPORTING that 35 persons were arrested in connection with the islandwide protests that took place yesterday. The Police said the 35 persons were those arrested and charged so far as they have detained others in connection with the protests...

Two get huge fines for illegal DVDs
TWO ST. CATHERINE men caught with several DVDs were fined a total of $550,000 in the Spanish Town RM Court recently.

Back-to-school blues
SPANISH TOWN: THE NEW SCHOOL year got off to a blistering start but students from several schools islandwide were given an extended holiday for one reason or another.

Caribbean leaders meet to sign oil agreement
KINGSTON, JAMAICA, (REUTERS): CARIBBEAN LEADERS MET to sign oil agreements on yesterday in Jamaica, where protests against rising prices paralysed parts of the capital and hampered access to the city where the summit was taking place.

Former JTA president dies
MICHAEL CLARKE, THE immediate past president of the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA), has died. Mr. Clarke, the former vice-principal of the Flankers Primary and Junior High School in Montego Bay, St. James, died on Monday.

Fishermen's loss estimated in millions
FISHERMEN ARE USUALLY among some of the worst affected in the agricultural sector following a hurricane. Preliminary assessments have placed the damage incurred by the fishermen in hurricanes Emily and Dennis at millions. One of the main items lost by...