Popularity of Caribbean island soars after gay wedding
ORANJESTAD, Aruba (AP) — A speck of an island in the Dutch Caribbean has become increasingly popular with gay couples after legislators legalised same-sex marriages in a region still openly hostile to...
View ArticleSaturday Social - December 15
Coldwell Banker Jamaica Realty and Caribbean Producers Jamaica (CPJ) hosted a reception last Friday at the newly opened CPJ Market, along Lady Musgrave Road, to celebrate their most successful year in...
View ArticleDigicel gives St James teacher reason to 'smile'
ST James teacher Vernon Davids won for himself $1 million in the second week of the Digicel Share a Smile Christmas promotion
View ArticleMass shooting at Connecticut school; Twenty children among 27 dead
NEWTOWN, Connecticut (AP) — A gunman killed 26 people, including 20 young children, at a US school where his mother worked yesterday morning in one of the worst school shootings in the country's...
View ArticleGov’t senator urges massive land redistribution programme
GOVERNMENT Senator Wensworth Skeffery has urged the Government to put “people power” to work and commence a massive land redistribution programme in 2013 to emancipate the masses from “landlessness”...
View ArticleRefurbished Redemption Arcade handed over to KSAC
MORE than 130 vendors are getting ready to set up shop in the newly refurbished Redemption Arcade in downtown Kingston.
View ArticleWith Chavez stricken, elections become crucial
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Hugo Chavez's cancer has upended politics in Venezuela, transforming yesterday's nationwide elections for state governors and legislators into a test of his legacy that could...
View ArticleSympathy over US school shooting stretches globe
LONDON, England (AP) — As the world joined Americans in mourning the school massacre in Connecticut, many urged US politicians to honour the 28 victims, especially the children, by pushing for stronger...
View ArticlePHOTO: Christmas Tree
BETHLEHEM, Palestine — Palestinians watch the lighting of a Christmas tree at the Manger Square, outside the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, yesterday. (Photo: AP)
View ArticleLack of food stunts Chad children, damages minds
LOURI, Chad (AP) — One morning, a little girl called Achta sat in the front row of this village's only school and struggled mightily with the assignment her teacher had given her.
View ArticleCayman Islands opposition asks premier McKeeva Bush to resign
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands (AP) — The leader of the Cayman Islands' main opposition party is calling for the British territory's premier to step down after his arrest on suspicion of corruption.
View ArticleOil rig arrives off Cuba for new exploration
HAVANA, Cuba (AP) — A Norwegian-owned platform arrived in waters off Cuba's north-central coast for exploratory drilling by the Russian oil company Zarubezhneft, authorities said yesterday, renewing...
View ArticleMandela undergoes successful gallstone surgery
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) — South Africa's former President Nelson Mandela underwent a successful surgery to remove gallstones yesterday, the nation's presidency said, as the 94-year-old...
View Article'Ball A Fire' hailed for outstanding contribution to Christianity
RETIRED puppet master, miracle-working maestro and forerunner of the New Testament Church of God in Jamaica, Reverend Dr Allan Joseph Whittaker, was, on Thursday, hailed for committing 64 years of...
View ArticleCavaliers says farewell to Lucinda Nelson
ON Sunday, December 8, scores of mourners turned out at the Temple Hall New Testament Church of God in St Andrew to pay tribute and give thanks for the life of Lucinda Deloris Nelson, a woman who was...
View ArticleStokes Hall says farewell to Leroy Hue
THE community of Stokes Hall and surrounding districts in St Thomas gathered at the Stokes Hall Baptist Church to bid final farewell to respected community member Leroy Hue.
View ArticleZuma asks South Africa's ANC to keep him as leader
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African President Jacob Zuma acknowledged Sunday that corruption and violence have marred the image of the African National Congress under his watch, but called on members to...
View Article‘I didn’t kill these men,’ accused cop tells court
CORPORAL Paul Edwards on Friday started his defence, stating that he didn’t kill the two men who were abducted from a Corporate Area plaza in 2004 and presenting uncontested travel evidence that...
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