Judge blocks Alabama policy of segregating HIV inmates
U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson ruled in favor of inmates who filed suit to end the longstanding practice. Thompson says the state's policy violates federal disabilities law.
View ArticleMob in Pakistan kills man accused of burning Quran
The case is likely to raise further concerns about the country's harsh blasphemy laws, which can result in a death sentence or life in prison to anyone found guilty. Critics say an accusation or...
View Article2 killed in road accidents
In the first incident, a man was killed and another injured in a motor cycle crash on the Temple Hall main road in St Andrew.
View ArticleCruise ship headed to Bahamas returns to Florida after toddler falls aboard ship
Royal Caribbean officials say the 14-month-old from India fell Friday aboard the Monarch of the Seas. The ship left Port Canaveral that day for a Bahamas cruise.
View ArticleMinistry launches national paediatric AIDS elimination initiative
This will be done under the National Paediatric AIDS Elimination Initiative, which was launched at the Wyndham Hotel in New Kingston on Friday.
View ArticleGovernment to improve Trelawny health centres
Health Minister Dr Fenton Ferguson announced that government will be spending approximately $10 million on refurbishing and infrastructural work at the Ulster Spring Health Centre, and an estimated $50...
View ArticleMoBay retailers hoping for last-minute Xmas rush
MONTEGO BAY, St James — Retailers in this resort city are hoping that tomorrow, the final day of Christmas shopping, will see a spike in sales.
View Article'Vital' Xmas gift for St Ann's Bay Hospital
THE cash-strapped St Ann's Bay Hospital got a Christmas 'booster shot' last week when, like elves on a mission, a team from JN Money Transfer delivered a gift intended to improve patient care.
View ArticleNEPA to probe Carib Cement mining operations in Bull Bay
THE National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) has indicated that it will be launching an investigation into Caribbean Cement Company's mining operations in Bull Bay, St Andrew, following...
View ArticleJamaican good samaritan feeds Vancouver's homeless
JAMAICAN-born Lorna 'Lisa' Brown could easily be described as the black Mother Theresa of downtown Eastside in Vancouver, Canada, and for the hundreds of hungry, homeless persons who look forward to...
View ArticleSchoolteacher accused of killing husband for insurance money
SHE was convicted twice in the Home Circuit Court in 1962 for conspiracy to murder her husband, Eric Eastwood Sailsman, a 48-year-old machinist of New Forest in Manchester.
View ArticleG2K reinvents itself
INTENSE efforts are underway to strengthen the youth groups within the Opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) which just over a month ago declared that its campaign for a return to Jamaica House was...
View ArticleSanta Cruz vendors feel betrayed
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 Article'You'll get old too'
WARNING that age is a great equaliser, Jeffrey James, regional director for HelpAge International Caribbean is urging leaders to provide social support for the elderly or face the harsh outcomes.
View ArticleLegalise ganja to treat HIV, cancer, doctors tell gov't
DIRECTOR of the Caribbean Drug and Alcohol Research Institute Dr Marcus Day believes the time has come for regional governments to legalise marijuana to counteract the spread of HIV.
View ArticleQuarry quarrel
RESIDENTS of Bull Bay in St Andrew, fearing a repeat of a 2002 flood which displaced several families in the area, are furious about what they believe are careless actions by Caribbean Cement Company...
View ArticleLet's continue this year's improvements
The full text of Police Commissioner Owen Ellington's Christmas Message to the members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force which was released in last week's Force Orders.
View Article'Very frightening!' True picture of Gov’t project overruns worries OCG
THE Office of the Contractor General (OCG) says that the $1.2 billion in cost overruns on Government projects last year was just the tip of the iceberg as the true figure could be "frightening".
View ArticleUS Embassy reopens Thursday
KINGSTON, Jamaica - The US Embassy is closed for the Christmas holidays and will reopen Thursday, December 27.
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