St Thomas cops to work with schools to tackle carnal abuse
SPURRED into action by an 8 per cent increase in carnal abuse last year, cops in St Thomas are to work with school authorities to attack the problem.
View Article'Bud Leg', 'Tuffy' nabbed for Clarendon double murder
POLICE in Clarendon have collared two suspects in connection with a double murder in York Town three weeks ago.
View ArticleJamaican narrowly misses $355M Super Lotto Jackpot
Supreme Ventures Limited (SVL) has announced that last night’s $355M Super Lotto Jackpot for game draw #247 was narrowly missed by a Jamaican.
View ArticleKellits High student murdered
SEVENTEEN-year-old Prince Gray, a student of the Kellits High School in Clarendon, was shot and killed this morning.
View ArticleDead toddler's parents face new charge
A new charge was on Wednesday laid against the couple whose two-year-old son's decomposing body was found in a suitcase in their dilapidated home in Kingston two Sundays ago.
View ArticleNot yet, Sally! - Installation of custos called off
MANDEVILLE, Manchester — The official installation ceremony, slated for today, of custos-designate for Manchester, Sally Porteous, has been postponed amidst mounting contention in the parish over her...
View ArticleGov't promises equality at Customs
MINISTER without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance, Planning and the Public Service, Horace Dalley, says the Government is committed to creating equality among clients of the Customs Department.
View ArticleKellits High School student shot dead
THE quiet rural community of Kellits in Clarendon was yesterday thrown into mourning following the killing of a 17-year-old student of the Kellits High School.
View ArticleKSAC building mobile shower for Corporate Area's homeless
A 20-foot container being converted into a mobile shower for homeless people in the Corporate Area should be operational by July, Kingston Mayor Lee Clarke has said.
View ArticleCarbon monoxide-based sickle cell treatment to be tested in Jamaica
DESPITE its toxicity, the colourless, odourless carbon monoxide will form the basis for a new treatment to be tested among sicklers in Jamaica, and if found to be successful, could lead to a better...
View ArticleJUTC fails to report hundreds of accidents
THE Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) has been rapped by Auditor General Pamela Monroe Ellis for not reporting 1,231 accidents involving its buses and another three involving fleet vehicles between...
View ArticleUS embassy info centre named after Paul Robeson
THE United States Embassy's information resource centre in Jamaica was on Monday named after African-American singer and civil rights activist Paul Robeson, at a function which recalled his 1948 visit...
View ArticleScholarship programme hit by high delinquency
AUDITOR General Pamela Monroe Ellis has raised concern about the high delinquency rate for the scholarship and assistance programmes of the Ministry of Finance and its agencies where some beneficiaries...
View ArticleOfficial funeral for Dudley Thompson
REVERED politician Ambassador Dudley Joseph Thompson who died last Friday a heart attack, is to be accorded an official funeral.
View ArticleJEEP hits pothole - Portia raps critics
SALEM, St Ann — The Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP) swerved off course yesterday when it failed to start as the highly-touted work programme Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller was set...
View ArticleBuilding collapses in Brazilian city
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A multi-storey building collapsed in Rio's centre last evening, leaving rubble strewn over a wide area but confusion about the number of possible victims and the cause.
View ArticleCumbersome gov’t bureaucracy to be tackled
MINISTER of Finance, Planning and the Public Service, Dr. Peter Phillips, has underscored the government’s commitment to urgently address the unwieldy public sector bureaucracy, and is prepared to...
View ArticleCurfews in St Andrew
THREE communities are now under curfew in the St. Andrew Central Division. They are African Gardens/August Town, Standpipe and Kintyre.
View ArticleCSME not yet fully embraced, studies find
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — The Guyana-based Caribbean Community (Caricom) Secretariat says despite some successes, there is still need for improving some core elements of the Caricom Single Market and...
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