Seaview woman fined $228,000 for ganja
A 48-year-old woman who attempted to smuggle two pounds of marijuana to Trinidad in her underwear was on Wednesday fined $228,000 or serve one month in prison.
View ArticleDon't confuse us with the occult — Revivalists
REVIVALISTS from the 14 parishes of Jamaica will converge on Emancipation Park in New Kingston today for a day of prayer for restoration of the nation.
View ArticleSenators clash over debt management issues
THE Senate approved the Public Debt Management Act (PDMA) yesterday, after a noisy and partisan debate over the handling of the debt legacy and the need for accompanying regulations.
View ArticleOCG gets acting head
CRAIG Beresford, the man appointed to act as contractor general following yesterday's departure of Greg Christie, says there will be no slackening of the anti-corruption watchdog's pace in fulfilling...
View ArticleGay bashers face stiff penalties in Vancouver
VANCOUVER, Canada — Coordinator of the Vancouver Police department Hate Crimes Unit Detective Sergeant Cheryl Leggett says that the imposition of stiff sanctions has led to increased awareness about...
View ArticleFerguson: It is important that we all know our HIV status
HEALTH Minister Dr Fenton Ferguson has urged Jamaican's to be aware of their HIV status as country joins the rest of the world in observing World Aids Day.
View Article‘Cowboy’ Knight and Fitz Bailey among senior officers reassigned
POLICE Commissioner Owen Ellington yesterday announced the transfer of several senior officers, which he said was necessary to fill vacancies due to retirement and to promote the development of...
View ArticleG2K says Phillips should resign if he misses IMF deadline
GENERATION 2000 (G2K), the young professional arm of the Opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), says Minister of Finance and Planning Dr Peter Phillips should resign if he fails to meet the December...
View ArticleTransport Authority boss out
DANIEL Dawes, the Transport Authority’s (TA’s) managing director who has come under pressure in recent months from employees over his management style, lost his job yesterday.
View ArticleScience drives economies, creates jobs, says American astrophysicist
RENOWNED American astrophysicist Dr Neil deGrasse Tyson is urging countries around the world to invest more in science and technology in order to create new industries and achieve economic growth.
View ArticleTaxi driver murdered in St Elizabeth
SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth – The St Elizabeth police are probing the murder of 48-year-old taxi driver Wilbert Gayle of Haughton in the Lacovia police division early Saturday.
View ArticleANANDA ALERT! Danielle Warren missing
AN Ananda Alert has been activated for 14-year-old Danielle Warren of Enman Avenue, Kingston 8 who has been missing since Friday.
View Article7 missing in collapse of highway tunnel in Japan
TOKYO (AP) — At least seven people were feared missing and several dead after about 150 concrete panels fell from the roof of a tunnel on the main highway linking Tokyo with central Japan.
View ArticleMan kills father in Wyoming bow-and-arrow attack
WYOMING (AP) — Police released more details Saturday of a grisly murder-suicide at a Wyoming community college, saying a man shot his father in the head with a bow and arrow in front of a computer...
View ArticleUS Senate votes against indefinite detention of Caribbean immigrants
WASHINGTON, USA – The United States Senate has voted in favour of barring the government from imprisoning Caribbean and other nationals who are US citizens and permanent residents and are arrested and...
View ArticleUS$3M national medical waste management facility opened
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A National Medical Waste Management Facility, built at a cost of US$3 million with support from the World Bank under the National HIV/STI Control Project was opened recently.
View ArticleEx-cop charged for corruption
KINGSTON, Jamaica - An ex-cop who, while in the police force four years ago, reportedly collected $12,000 from a motorist for the return of a car was offered $500,000 bail when he appeared in the...
View ArticleRSPL: MoBay United edge Highgate 3-2
DRAX HALL St Ann - Montego Bay United edged Highgate three goals to two in their Premier League game at Drax Hall Sunday afternoon.
View ArticleDispute downtown Kingston leads to firearm seizure
KINGSTON, Jamaica - A dispute at West Street, Kingston this morning left one man injured and on the run, and led to the seizure of a firearm and several rounds of ammunition.
View ArticleChildren escape leaking boat, man drowns
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Thirty-three-year-old Errol Taylor, a construction worker of Mount Zion in Red Hills, St. Andrew is suspected to have drowned in Green Island, Hanover today.
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