Gold rush for Jamaica at Commonwealth Games
MANCHESTER, England: CLASTON BERNARD and Michael Blackwood were the toast of the Jamaican contingent at the XVII Commonwealth Games in Manchester last night. The two highlighted a memorable medal-winning day for the island with...
Trelawny mob attacks police - Clark's Town station stoned, 300 demand detainees' release
WESTERN BUREAU: AN ANGRY mob of Clark's Town residents in Trelawny went wild late Saturday attacking the police station and demanding the release of the four men accused of stabbing 24-year-old gas station attendant...
Recruitment agency hunts more nurses
THERE COULD be another exodus of nurses from Jamaica as early as next month, as a recruiting firm from the United States is seeking to fill 26,000 vacancies over five years in the state...
Passport Office warns JPs - Could be implicated by fraudulent documents
JUSTICES OF the Peace (JPs) from the Kingston Chapter of the Lay Magistrates' Association have been warned by the Passport Office to ensure that they know passport applicants before they affix their signatures to the documents stating...
'PNP ready for fourth term'
WITH PUBLIC opinion polls showing the possibility of a fourth term in office, Prime Minister and President of the People's National Party (PNP), P.J. Patterson, yesterday revved up his party's...
MPs should be paid more
POLITICIANS HAVE never been popular people. They perform a delicate balancing act in trying to satisfy various interests in society as they go about the business of administering the...
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