2 held as US snipers Suspect, 17, said to be Jamaican; rifle tied to killings
FREDERICK, MARYLAND (AP): ONE OF America's most extraordinary manhunts culminated yesterday in the arrests of an Army veteran and a teenager, asleep at a roadside rest stop perpetrators, authorities believe, of a bloody, three-week sniping spree...
Malvo not violent, says brother
THE MINISTRY of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade released a statement yesterday evening stating that a "Lee Boyd Malvo" was born in Kingston, Jamaica, on February 18, 1985 to Una James, of St. Elizabeth, and Leslie Samuel Malvo, of St. Andrew.
We are worried - Forstmayr - Jamaican connection to sniper case worries tourism officials
LOCAL OFFICIALS are worried that the island's struggling tourism sector could be dealt another severe blow, following reports that a Jamaican juvenile has been implicated in the sniper case in the United States.
Jamaicans in the US disturbed
NEW YORK: The Weekly Gleaner was deluged yesterday with phone calls from main-stream media and persons who wanted to verify information sweeping like wildfire around the country and the world that the Washington area snipers were Jamaican nationals.
PM, Seaga to meet next Friday
A SUMMIT meeting with JLP Leader Edward Seaga will be among the first order of business for newly sworn-in Prime Minister P.J. Patterson.
Accident fatalities increase
IMPROPER OVERTAKING, following too closely behind another vehicle, speeding, swerving and failing to keep a straight course in the proper traffic lane, are among the main causes of the more than 2,033 traffic accidents which have occurred...
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