Not an easy road, Buju held for cocaine possession in the United States
GRAMMY-NOMINATED deejay Buju Banton is being held in the Federal Detention Centre, Miami, Florida, in the United States following his arrest last Thursday on drug-related charges, a Miami Police Department spokesman confirmed yesterday.

Buju's colourful career
WITH THE catchy hit single Browning in 1992, Buju Banton commanded the attention of music lovers and, in so doing, etched a foothold on Jamaica's musical landscape.

Extradited! Jamaican to be tried in US for alleged drug trafficking
IT APPEARS that there is still ink in the pen that Minister of Justice and Attorney General Dorothy Lightbourne uses to sign extradition requests.Despite not having budged on the signing of the...

Downtown Kingston, PM's first shop for Christmas
Prime Minister Bruce Golding will be among the first shoppers who will be taking advantage of the special arrange-ments starting on Wednesday to make downtown Kingston a shoppers' delight this holiday season under the theme 'Christmas in the City...

Mary's mountain
HUNDREDS of suspected cases of child abuse hang in the balance as the overburdened agency mandated to protect the welfare and rights of children struggles to carry out investigations."Last year, we received some 457...

Chinese-made products undergo rigid tests
WITH AN explosion in the number of products imported from China, the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ) has doubled its efforts to ensure that these items meet specific local and international requirements.

Higglers' paradise, Jamaican ICIs take advantage of low prices in China
THEY FLY in droves. A 9,000-mile trek across the globe, several times per year, Jamaican informal commercial importers (ICIs) are China bound.

Carl Balliston takes lights to communities
CARL BALLISTON is a man of many talents and trades - singer, upholsterer and chef ("I do grill chicken right there in Morant Bay) among his several concurrent titles. For the past two decades, coming up to year end, he has taken on yet another job, carrying the tools of Christmas cheer throughout eastern St Thomas and parts of Portland.

Watch out for caffeinated alcoholic drinks
The Environmental Health Unit in the Ministry of Health has indicated that it will increase its vigilance in the retail and wholesale trade to intercept caffeinated alcoholic beverages.The announcement was made Friday...

NEWS BRIEFS
The Constabulary Communi-cation Network (CCN) is reporting a big ammunition find on a bus sometime yesterday.