Montesso: Boyz lacked motivation in surprise defeat
DEEP BAY, Antigua --- Assistant Reggae Boyz coach Alfredo Montesso says a lack of motivation contributed to the team’s shock 2-1 defeat to French Guiana in their CFU Caribbean Championship opener at...
View Article3 dead in California Indian reservation shooting
CALIFORNIA, USA (AP) — A man shot three people to death and wounded another on a California Indian reservation, and was wounded himself several hours later in an exchange of gunfire with sheriff's...
View ArticleRSPL: Waterhouse edge Savannah 2-1
FROME, Westmoreland - Weston Forrest scored twice, once in either half, as Waterhouse edged Savannah SC 2-1 this afternoon extending their winning streak to three games in the Red Stripe Premier League.
View ArticleEducation ministry condemns killing of Vere Tech student
KINGSTON, Jamaica - The Ministry of Education has condemned the shooting death of Vere Technical High School student 13-year-old Odale Planter.
View ArticleTop journalists honoured
TELEVISION Jamaica's (TVJ's) Kirk Wright sewed up the 2012 Journalist of the Year Award on Friday night at the annual Press Association of Jamaica's (PAJ's) National Journalism Awards Banquet.
View ArticleWhen the mob came after the budding doctor
This is the 41st in an awardwinning series of close encounters with death by Jamaicans, some of them in prominent positions of the society.
View Article3,500-lb ganja bust
The police in Manchester are continuing their probe into the seizure of 3,500 pounds of ganja in the Alligator Pond area of the parish Friday evening.
View ArticleTeachers told: Don't fear technology, use it
THADDETI Tulloch and Tousan Royal are convinced that traditional teachers will not be replaced by technology.
View ArticleFrom despair to delight
A month ago Hazel McLean sang praises to God in front of the rubble that was left of her house flattened by Hurricane Sandy's monstrous winds. Last Thursday, she did the same, this time in front of a...
View Article'We are not looking for handouts'
DRIVEN by the burning desire to help themselves, the residents of the rural district of Kitson Town in St Catherine are making moves to place the community back on the map.
View ArticleBattered (church) wives
A study by a local pastor has suggested that some Jamaican Christians believe that men are superior to women and have the right to physically 'punish' their wives.
View ArticleGenius! Young J’can duo has answer to poor CAPE, CSEC grades
TOUSAN Royal and Thaddeti Tulloch are satisfied that they have found the solution to Jamaica's runaway failure rates at Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Math and English.
View ArticleThe psychopath who shot Morris Cargill in the buttocks
THE No 1 Home Circuit Court was the scene of tactical warfare when Justice Lincoln Robinson and attorney Anthony Spaulding, later QC (both now deceased), locked horns during the 1970 murder trial of...
View Article'I did it because I believe in God'
A Jamaican-born teacher, who was dismissed from a UK school after complaining that the school's compulsory training day was used to promote homosexuality, is among several speakers participating in a...
View ArticleMan killed, two firearms seized in Johnson Pen
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Police seized two firearms and a magazine with eight rounds after an operation in St Catherine this afternoon.
View ArticleBoyz hanging by a thread after draw with Martinique
ST JOHN’S, Antigua - Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz's defence of their regional title hangs by a thread after they drew 0-0 with new leaders Martinique in a bruising Group B CFU Caribbean Championship match at...
View ArticleCops, residents in ganja stand-off
SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth — The police high command has confirmed reports of a stand-off lasting about two hours yesterday afternoon between residents of the Roses Valley community in the Balaclava area...
View ArticleBathrooms at last!
EIGHT MILES, St Ann—After living for years without proper bathroom facilities, some residents of the Fowler Town community in Eight Miles, St Ann, now have sanitary convenience in their homes, while...
View ArticleUNDP delivers local gov't manual for journalists
A manual aimed at improving the media's capacity to report on local authorities' use of public funds was launched at the University of the West Indies last Friday.
View ArticleSmall businesses benefit from JN loans
Several entrepreneurs in North East Jamaica have received a significant boost to their small businesses as a results of the low interest loans they have been able to source through the Jamaica National...
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