First US Mad Cow Disease victim is Jamaican
NEW YORK: A 23-YEAR-old Jamaican, living in South Florida, is the first person in the United States to have contracted the deadly Mad Cow Disease.Charlene (surname withheld at the request of her parents), a graduate...
Submissions invited for PAJ Awards
THE PRESS Association of Jamaica (PAJ) is inviting entries from media practitioners for its 2001-2002 Media Awards, to be announced during National Journalism Week at the end of November. Journalism Week is the time when focus is placed on the print and.
Former Chief Justice dies
FORMER CHIEF Justice of Jamaica Sir Herbert Duffus has died at the age of 94. Information about his death yesterday was scanty, but it was confirmed by a family member, who did not wish to give any further information. Sir Herbert was appointed Chief...
Acquittals cause tension in Toll Gate
CLARENDON: TENSION HAS been rising in the Queen Street area of Toll Gate in Clarendon from Wednesday evening following the release of three men who were charged for the murder of a man killed last year June in the community.
Wheelchair pensioners targeted by UK drug smugglers report
WHEELCHAIR-BOUND pensioners in their 60s and 70s are now considered the ideal targets of drug smugglers transporting cocaine from Caribbean islands into the United Kingdom, the British tabloid News of the World has reported. ...
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