OAS proposes US$100m fund for court on human rights
WASHINGTON, USA – The Secretary General of the Organisation of American States (OAS) José Miguel Insulza, has proposed to the Permanent Council of the institution the creation of a US$100 million...
View ArticleJamaica's performance in health remarkable given island's resources, says...
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Health Minister Dr Fenton Ferguson says that despite averaging less than the desirable spend on health care, Jamaica’s health outcomes are commendable when measured in both life...
View ArticleAll-round Sammy helps Windies level ODI series
The West Indies beat Bangladesh by 75 runs in the fourth one-day international at Shere Bangla stadium on Friday, leveling the five-match series 2-2.
View ArticleLawyer: McAfee better, hopes to stay in Guatemala
GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala (AP) — A lawyer for software company founder John McAfee says the self-styled fugitive is feeling better after suffering chest pain, and hopes to stay in Guatemala despite the...
View ArticleMan leaves baby in pit bull's care
PALM COAST, Florida (AP) — A Florida man is charged with child neglect after allegedly leaving his 10-month-old baby in the care of his pit bull while he went to a bar.
View ArticleUniversity Hospital to get new CT scanner
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Cabinet has approved the award of a contract to Arel Limited for the supply and installation of a Computed Tomography (CT) scanner at the University Hospital of the West Indies...
View ArticleIan Hayles sent to Climate Change Ministry
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Highly placed sources at the Ministry of Agriculture have confirmed that Minister of State Ian Hayles has been transferred to the Environment and Climate Change Ministry, headed by...
View Article38-y-o Gary DaCosta missing
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Thirty-eight-year-old Gary DaCosta of Lionel Town, Clarendon has been reported missing since November.
View ArticleUTech to honour local music industry Saturday
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The University of Technology will be honouring the Jamaican music industry with its Chancellor’s Medal, at a gala event scheduled for the Courtleigh Auditorium, New Kingston on...
View ArticleAnne-Marie of Irish Corner named as person of interest
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The St Andrew North division has listed a female, known only as Ann-Marie of Irish Corner in Red Hills, St Andrew as a person of interest.
View ArticleLawyer for Notorious B.I.G's family blasts LAPD
LOS ANGELES, USA (AP) — The lawyer for Notorious B.I.G.'s family and widow says it is ridiculous that arrests haven't been made in the rapper's 1997 killing since he's been told that the case has been...
View ArticleMexican army finds new drug tunnel at US border
TECATE, Mexico (AP) — The Mexican army says it has found a new tunnel dug by drug smugglers under the border with the United States.
View ArticleGov’t moves to improve Ja’s Trafficking-in-Persons rating
Bunting wants to lift Jamaica’s rating from Tier 2 to Tier 1.
View ArticleChild, 4, dies in fire
FOUR-YEAR-OLD Anna-Kay Bartley of Christiana, Manchester died in a fire that destroyed her family home Tuesday night.
View ArticleCops step up Christmas pressure!
CRIMINALS preparing to carry out illegal activities for the Yuletide season have been dealt a massive blow in their operations as police have started off the month of December with an aggressive...
View ArticleCheaters cause delay in distribution of Sandy cheques
UNSCRUPULOUS victims of hurricane Sandy have been trying to benefit more than once from Government assistance, resulting in the delay in the distribution of cheques to several thousand persons.
View ArticleDefence questions Shields' motive to reopen missing men's case
FORMER Deputy Commissioner of Police Mark Shields was on Tuesday painted as an investigator whose desire to leave the force on a "high note" drove him to pursue, without cause, three policemen and...
View ArticleSpecific sites for live-link cases
ATTORNEY General Patrick Atkinson says that specific sites are to be established from which evidence under the new Evidence (Special Measures) Act will be admitted in court proceedings.
View ArticleOrder of Australia conferred on Sir Ronald Sanders
SUNDAY Observer columnist and member of the Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group Sir Ronald Sanders has been awarded the Order of Australia.
View ArticleJDF to help build homes for Sandy victims
GOVERNMENT has enlisted the assistance of the Jamaica Defence Force's (JDF's) engineering unit to expedite the construction of some 500 houses for residents, whose homes were destroyed during the...
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