Nigeria dictator's top aide sentenced to death
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — A federal judge in Nigeria yesterday sentenced to death the feared right-hand man to Nigeria's former military dictator over the 1996 killing of an opposition candidate's wife.
View ArticleAmericans take refuge at Cairo embassy
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) — Three American democracy advocates barred by Egyptian authorities from leaving the country have sought refuge at the US Embassy in Cairo, officials said yesterday, as tensions...
View ArticleRomney will clobber Gingrich in Florida primary today — polls
WASHINGTON, USA (AP) — Polls show Newt Gingrich will likely be clobbered by Mitt Romney in the crucial Republican primary election in Florida today, even though the former speaker of the House of...
View ArticleShaggy and Friends raise $32m for children’s hospital
THE fund-raising concert staged by Grammy-winning reggae actturned-philanthropist Shaggy has netted $32 million for the Bustmante Hospital for Children in St Andrew.
View ArticleWorld Bank country director meets with PM tomorrow
WORLD Bank country director for the Caribbean region, Francoise Clottes, is expected to arrive in Jamaica tomorrow for a series of meetings with government and private sector officials.
View Article'I will fight'
FORMER Commissioner of Customs Danville Walker yesterday said that he would fight any frivolous charge against him in relation to allegations that he obstructed the Office of the Contractor General's...
View ArticleUS-Jamaican group starts accident victims fund
NEW YORK, USA -- A non-profit group run by Jamaican nationals from the St Catherine community of Spring Village, has launched a fund here to assist with the victims of the January 4 accident which...
View ArticleCrawford Street residents protest police killing
MOUNT SALEM, St James — Scores of irate residents of Crawford Street yesterday afternoon mounted a peaceful demonstration over what they claimed to be the cold-blooded killing of a member of the...
View ArticleJLP Portmore councillors get impatient
JAMAICA Labour Party (JLP) councillors in the Portmore Municipality are expected to say by today what action they intend to take to put pressure on Local Government Minister Noel Arscott to lift a stop...
View ArticleDudley Thompson is back home
AMBASSADOR Dudley Thompson landed on Jamaican soil early yesterday to conclude his journey on a land that he loved and cherished for all his 95 years. The body, which arrived 30 minutes before the...
View ArticleEmployment agency operators on fraud charge to return to court
MANDEVILLE, Manchester — Giadrius Mazurka, a man of Scandinavian origin on fraud charges, and his co-accused Juliet Campbell had their bail extended when they appeared in the Mandeville Resident...
View ArticleJFJ 'elated' after cop charged with manslaughter for 2007 killing
RIGHTS group Jamaicans For Justice (JFJ) has hailed the Coroner's Inquest verdict that a special constable be charged with manslaughter for the shooting death of Trevor Anderson along Hagley Park Road,...
View ArticleBusiness Council on HIV/AIDS gets $1-M boost from LIME
THE Jamaica Business Council on HIV/AIDS (JABCHA) National Foundation yesterday received a major boost with a $1-million contribution from the LIME Jamaica Foundation.
View ArticleRace to stop lethal yellowing disease
GOVERNMENT says it is moving speedily to tackle the lethal yellowing disease, which has the potential to wipe out Jamaica's lucrative coconut industry.
View ArticleMinors on extortion rap in Manchester
MANDEVILLE, Manchester — Five young boys charged with extortion appeared in front of Resident Magistrate Oswald Burcheson with their parents and attorneys, when the case was mentioned in the Family...
View ArticleCaring Cop
Nahara Rainford's curious eyes are fixed on our camera as she drinks juice from a straw while being held by Corporal Fitz Ridge. Both were at yesterday's opening ceremony of the LIME/INSPORTS 2012...
View ArticleLocked in embrace
Mayor of Kingston Lee Roy Clarke is warmly greeted by Joyce Mungaroo, a resident of the Vineyard Town Golden Age Home in Kingston, during a tour of the facility on Tuesday. Sharing the moment, at left,...
View ArticleDigicel suit against FTC set for February 28
THE suit filed by telecoms giant Digicel challenging the legal standing of the Fair Trading Commission (FTC) to oppose its merger with telecoms provider Claro will be heard in the Supreme Court on...
View ArticleElephant Man gets bail
DANCEHALL artiste Elephant Man was on Wednesday offered bail in the sum of $400,000 when he appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on sex charges.
View ArticleGov’t to step up fight against drug, human traffickers
THE Government has vowed to keep pressure on drug and human traffickers in its fight against trans-national organised crime.
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