The latest from the Gleaner:

"Finally! - - St James Residents Welcome State Of Emergency

Residents of several volatile communities in St James yesterday welcomed members of the security forces with open arms as the Government's latest initiative to quell the parish's rampant lawlessness started with a joint police-military operation and subsequently evolved into a public state of emergency.

"This is the best thing that could happen to Montego Bay at this time. It is like a belated Christmas gift," an elderly resident of Salt Spring told The Gleaner."

http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/l...tate-emergency