Jamaican security forces kicked down doors and arrested dozens of people in a bullet-strewn slum and said the death toll from four days of fighting sparked by the search for a reputed drug lord had risen to 73.

Thousands of police and soldiers stormed the Jamaican ghettos where reggae was born in search of a reputed drug kingpin wanted by the United States, intensifying a third day of street battles that have killed at least 30 people.

Jamaica's Electoral Commission today postponed the nation's August 27 general elections until an assessment of damage from Hurricane Dean is completed.

Virgin Atlantic will take over the London to Kingston route of Jamaica’s national airline and reduce daily service to two round-trip flights each week, company chairman Richard Branson said.

THE Jamaican prime minister has called for creating a republican form of government and dropping Queen Elizabeth as the country’s head of state.

Gunmen shot and killed two men outside Jamaica’s capital in a wave of violence sparked by tumultuous local elections.

In a close and tense general election fraught with fears of political violence, Jamaicans today voted for politicians promising to stem spiralling crime and kick-start a sluggish economy.

In a close and tense general election fraught with fears of political violence, more than one million Jamaicans are expected to vote today for politicians promising to stem spiralling crime and kick-start a sluggish economy.

Gunmen in a troubled Kingston neighbourhood killed three men and firebombed five houses yesterday, Jamaican police said.

Jamaica’s leader ordered the entire army to be deployed across the island last night, trying to restore calm after three days of politically charged violence left at least 20 people dead.

Four people were killed in a gun battle between police and gang members in Jamaica’s capital Kingston, police said today.