Nettleford to get honorary degree from Oxford
OUTGOING VICE-Chancellor of the University of the West Indies (UWI), Professor Rex Nettleford, will be awarded an honorary Doctor of Civil Law degree by the University of Oxford on July 3 of this year.
Chevannes slams UTech mob killing
THE MOB killing at the University of Technology (UTech) and the anti-social behaviour of some tertiary students, in general, have drawn further scrutiny and condemnation from another section of the society.
PM OKs note-taking for autopsy observers
INDEPENDENT PATHOLOGISTS should be able to not only attend post-mortem examinations, but take notes as well, says Prime Minister P.J. Patterson.
Manchester , Clarendon police divisions need proper ID parade facility
BLACK RIVER: COMMANDING OFFICER, for the St. Elizabeth police division, Herman "Chucky" Brown, say the one way mirror in the parish also serves the parishes of Manchester and Clarendon whenever they have accused persons for identification parade.
Farm families gearing for economic hardships
LINSTEAD, St. Catherine: Several rural farm families in St. Catherine are gearing towards food sufficiency, bearing in mind that the gulf war may be longer than anticipated.
Broken one-way mirror hampers Mandeville police crime effort
THE ONE way mirror, which was installed at the Mandeville Police Station in 1993, was broken a few yeas while it was been removed, Superintendent of Police for the Manchester Division, George Quallo has reported.
Portland accident claims one
AN ACCIDENT which occurred along the Red Hassell main road in Portland on Friday has left an elderly woman dead and her husband hospitalised.
Jones Town tense after shooting
THE COMMUNITY of Jones Town, south St. Andrew, remains tense two weeks after George 'Pepper' Phang, community leader and manager of the Arnett Gardens Football Club
Invasion forces attack Republican Guards
SOUTHERN IRAQ (Reuters) U.S. and British invasion forces hit Iraqi Republican Guards defending the approaches to Baghdad yesterday and pushed to within 60 miles (100 km) of the capital as a humanitarian emergency began to develop in southern Iraq.
One killed in club drive-by
SEVERAL SHOOTING incidents on the weekend have left at least six persons dead and several others with bullet wounds. On Sunday 10 persons were shot, one fatally, at Dam Head, a few miles from Spanish Town, St. Catherine.
War stalls IT talks with India
TALKS BETWEEN Jamaica and India on possible investments in the information technology sector have been stalled by the United States-led war in Iraq.
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