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FIVE well-known Jamaicans are among a number of witnesses whose statements the United States Government intends to use against Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke, the diminutive and powerful Western Kingston don who has strong family and business connections in the constituency of Prime Minister Bruce Golding.

Highly placed authoritative sources have told the Sunday Observer that included in the five are three well-known underworld figures — one a convict deportee, another an accused against whom no convictions have been secured so far, and the third an individual currently residing in the US at the pleasure of that country’s federal prison system.

THE nation’s Parliament will today continue its sittings despite the unrest sparked by violent confrontations between the police force and thugs in Tivoli Gardens which reached crisis proportions yesterday, but will not admit visitors. The security forces who had been patiently holding their fire since the warrant was issued for the arrest of reputed don [...]

NEW YORK, USA — Jamaican-born United States Congresswoman Yvette Clarke said yesterday she was seeking the help of the US State Department to restore peace and stability in Jamaica. Clarke, in a statement expressing “deep concern about the civil unrest in Jamaica and the circumstances preceding the situation”, did not spell out what form the [...]