That is the burning question on the public's lips following a reported scuffle between selector Tony Matterhorn and members of Junior Reid's camp on Saturday night.

Jamaica yesterday scurried to Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela for finished petroleum products after an explosion and fire at the government's Petrojam oil refinery put the plant out of commission and raised the prospects of scarcity in the local market.

Operation Kingfish, the government's latest crime fighting initiative, is probing at least 12 gangs that are said to be major players in organised crime.

In Spetember, 1998 Donald 'Zekes' Phipps was detained on suspicion of attempted murder, illegal possession of a firearm and unlawful wounding. Incensed at what they say was unjustified action by the police, residents of Matthews Lane marched to Duke Street and the Central Police Station where their hero was held. His supporters formed a dragnet around the station, demanding 'Zekes'' release.

Like the Italian/American mobster Don Vito Corleone who controlled an empire in the 1940s, Donovan 'Don Corleone' Bennett seems to be living up to the name in the world of music.

The Police Federation - which represents the more than 7,000 rank and file members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force - says it will not support the government's plan to recruit cops from overseas, as part of the administration's strategy to deal with run-away crime.

Cocaine weighing 1.7 metric tons, and valued at about J$100 million, was seized and five people arrested when a Go-Fast boat was intercepted during an operation in Caribbean waters on Thursday.

The administration announced last night that it is attempting to recruit foreign police officers to work in Jamaica and said that requests are being processed by foreign governments.

The climax of the Appleton Temptation Island Hooked series, 'Fire Pon Di Beach', promised to be hot, to spew fire, to burn. But the sparks were late in igniting and the fire, when lit, died too quickly.

Matthews Lane area leader Donald "Zeeks" Phipps was offered bail in the sum of $1.5 million in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's court yesterday, but he was unable to take up the offer as the passport he had in his possession had expired.