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The Jamaican government last night told 281 Haitians, who had applied for refugee status here, that they do not qualify.

The prosecution is seeking an early start for the trial of Jamaat al Muslimeen leader Yasin Abu Bakr, although his lawyers have asked for additional time.

Trinidad and Tobago has offered to have its Coast Guard patrol the entire Eastern Caribbean, as far as Antigua, if the United States was prepared to fund it.

The police officer who was accused of murdering a Canadian couple at Blanchisseuse in 1994 was freed yesterday after the main witness against him-his ex-wife-confessed that police had forced her to fabricate evidence against him.

A gay rights campaigner who believes a contract has been taken out on his life is under police protection.

A study released yesterday appeared to blunt Jamaica's claim that most of the people deported from the United States were socialised in crime in America.

FIFA Finance Committee has approved a fund worth US $1 million to assist in the rebuilding of football in Caribbean countries affected by Hurricane Ivan.

KINGSTON, Jamaica - A generation ago, reggae anthems by Bob Marley and Peter Tosh preached concepts of "one love," legal marijuana and social justice.

Prime Minister Patrick Manning lashed out at the scourge of terrorism and appealed for more funding to help Grenada and other Caribbean states get back on their feet, when he addressed the United Nations General Assembly yesterday in New York.

A Santa Cruz man was yesterday denied bail when he appeared before a San Fernando magistrate charged with beating a teenage girl and kidnapping a 25-year-old man.