Tourism boom Jamaica records highest stopover arrivals
WITH TERRORISM fears scaring visitors away from a number of European and Asian destinations, Jamaica has been the beneficiary of an extraordinary tourism boom, industry players say.
Smuggling coke for sex change
WESTERN BUREAU: AN IRISH-BORN English resident, who pleaded guilty to trying to smuggle two kilogrammes or four pounds of cocaine out of Jamaica in March...
Further delay on highway
SEGMENT TWO of the North Coast Highway, which is now scheduled to be completed one year after the original June 2004 deadline, will cost taxpayers an additional $2 billion (US$35 million) in cost overruns when completed.
Autopsy clears dogs - Golden ager died from heart attack
THE RESULT of an autopsy that was performed on Amy Murphy, the 81-year-old resident of the Golden Age Home in East Kingston who earlier reports indicate had been mauled to death by dogs in January...
Heated Bar meeting expected
FIREWORKS ARE expected at this Saturday's annual general meeting of the Jamaican Bar Association (JBA), as members of the Advocates' Association of Jamaica will be attending the function to pass a resolution...
Biochemist awarded Musgrave Gold
PROFESSOR FRANKLYN Prendergast, a former Rhodes Scholar, was yesterday honoured by the Institute of Jamaica for his distinguished pioneering work in the fields of biochemistry and cancer research.
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