Guyana to receive US$45m to protect forest
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) -- The South American country of Guyana says it will receive an additional US$45 million in cash from Norway as a reward for protecting its Amazonian rainforest.
View ArticleBuilder of ‘Phonehenge’ gets 18 month sentence
LANCASTER, Califormia (AP) -- A man who built a quirky Mojave Desert compound known as Phonehenge West was sentenced to nearly 18 months in jail because he failed to pay for its demolition, Los Angeles...
View ArticleContinued vigilance urged to reduce mosquito breeding sites
KINGSTON, Jamaica - The Ministry of Health is urging continued vigilance to reduce the breeding of mosquitoes as the threat of dengue fever continues.
View ArticleIllegal vending choking Santa Cruz despite police promise
Santa Cruz, St Elizabeth - The police say they are committed to keeping the streets of this south central town free of illegal vending for the yuletide season.
View ArticleAmanda ‘Chillups’ Huslin of Yallahs missing
Huslin is of brown complexion, slim build and about 5-feet-7-inches tall.
View ArticleBody found in Kingston Harbour
KINGSTON, Jamaica - The body of an unidentified man was fished from the Kingston Harbour this morning.
View ArticleChronicling Gift Ideas
UNIQUE gift ideas surprised us on every shelf and each turn at the Chronicles store in Upper Manor Park Plaza. From Crane stationery to Jamaica 50-perfect gift books, moleskin notelets to holiday items...
View ArticleSaturday Social - December 22
We’re wrapping up our social week with more scenes from the soft opening of The Vault Gaming Lounge last Wednesday at the Wyndham Kingston.
View ArticleFeeding of the 5,000
MUSTARD Seed Communities yesterday said it will, for the 17th consecutive year, deliver meals and toys to 5,000 inner-city children and golden-agers on Christmas Day in a move reminiscent of Jesus’s...
View ArticleAppeal court upholds murderers’ conviction
THE Court of Appeal yesterday upheld the 2010 conviction of four men who were implicated in the abduction, rape and murder of two women.
View ArticleManchester community in shock after mechanic shot dead
MANDEVILLE, Manchester — A community is in shock, and the mother of a 22-year-old mechanic shot dead during a confrontation with police at deCarteret Gardens yesterday morning is demanding justice for...
View ArticlePolice, sidewalk sellers clash downtown Kgn
BUSINESS in sections of downtown Kingston was yesterday brought to halt for several hours as sidewalk vendors, angry at being removed from designated vending zones for the Christmas holidays, clashed...
View Article‘Booking’ A Date With Memories
LEAVING her banking career behind, Kara-Sue Sweeney found quiet joy and “peace of mind” as she puts it, as a scrapbook consultant. Crunching numbers had grown routine for her. She considers herself an...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Shoppers crowd downtown Kingston
Four days before Jamaicans join the rest of the world in celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ, hundreds of people flooded the streets of downtown Kingston to purchase gifts and other items for the...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Industrial Terrace crash
Firefighters work to free this young girl from this mangled car in which she was travelling after it collided with another on Industrial Terrace in West Kingston late yesterday evening. It was not...
View ArticleWoman's body found in Portmore
The woman was of dark complexion, medium build and about 168 centimetres (5 feet 6 inches) tall. She was clad in a blue blouse and blue jeans skirt.
View ArticleGun seized in Hanover
Police said about 11:30 pm, a man was seen walking in the area with an object over his shoulder. Upon seeing the team of officers, he threw down the object and ran. The police retrieved the object from...
View ArticleANANDA ALERT! Antonette Silvera missing
She is of dark complexion, medium build and about 160 centimetres (5 feet 3 inches) tall.
View ArticleMandela's hospital stay extended
Presidential spokesman Mac Maharaj said the physicians caring for Mandela had given no indication of an "imminent discharge" from a hospital in Pretoria, the capital, according to IOL, a South African...
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