Only a day after the Government announced its new crime fighting initiative ? 'Operation Kingfish'? marauding gunmen were at it again, killing four persons in the Corporate Area and Spanish Town, including a Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) councillor caretaker.

The perception that Jamaica is corrupt has worsened in the past year, pushing its ranking on Transparency International's Corruption Perception index to 74 out of 146 countries, down 17 places from its 2003 position.

The Jamaica Government yesterday announced the creation of its latest security task force to combat organised crime, and in apparent anticipation of the doubters and sceptics brought out the top British and American diplomats in Jamaica to underline its credibility.

Mandeville, Manchester - The police have recovered 180,000 rounds of ammunition and more than 430 guns so far this year, numbers that worry Police Commissioner Francis Forbes.

Churchill Neita, the attorney-at-law representing Matthews Lane area leader, Donald 'Zekes' Phipps, revealed yesterday that his client will be interrogated today by detectives at CIB headquarters, downtown Kingston.

Matthews Lane area leader Donald 'Zekes' Phipps was taken into custody yesterday during a massive joint military/police operation which began in the early hours of the morning in west Kingston.

Reggae artist Bounty Killer has decided to answer back lyrically to the assault by gay rights groups on reggae music, by releasing a new tune directly on the largest dancehall reggae site in the world - dancehallreggae.com.

The tension was electric yesterday even after police intervention quelled violent eruptions in downtown Kingston where five persons were shot and injured.

Jamaican dancehall act Bounty Killer has lashed out at the media in his usual hard-core manner for portraying Grammy-winning DJ Beenie Man's apology to gay rights campaigners as bowing to the homosexual campaigners.

The University of the West Indies yesterday offered students of its Mona campus, who may still be hard-up for cash, options that they can employ to ease their financial burden.