Leader of the opposition Honorable Portia Simpson must be smiling after PNP candidate Bernard van Riel won the Cornwall Mountain Division in Westmoreland. Bernard beat JLP candidate Keith Barnes. Normally these little by-elections would go unnoticed but recently there have been battles over MP seats due to Dual Citizenship issues. Both the Prime Minister Bruce Golding and Simpson have been hot on the campaign trails supporting their candidates. The victory is even sweeter for Portia Simpson after some embarrassing loss.

The trial of superintendent of police Harry Daley also known as Harry Bungles began in the Halfway Tree criminal Court on Tuesday. Harry Bungles  is a well known police officer in the Spanish Town area of St. Catherine. He was earlier charged with corruption and extortion for allegedly taking protection money from a St. Catherine businessman. Superintendent Daley has denied all the charges.