Comma Pen's Rising Star!
WESTERN BUREAU: THE QUAINT farming community in southeast St. Elizabeth is buzzing with excitement, its residents almost euphoric with an infectious bit of camaraderie sweeping the community caused by the meteoric rise of 'Rising Stars' contestant...

Hopeton Dunn director of new UWI programme
THE UNIVERSITY of the West Indies (UWI) yesterday announced the appointment of Dr Hopeton S.Dunn to the post of director, UWI Digicel Foundation Caribbean Programme in Telecommunications Policy and Management (TPM), based at the Mona School of Business...

PSOJ fund to supply police with forensic equipment
THE PRIVATE Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) has handed over a wish list from the Ministry of National Security to the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), to purchase forensic equipment for the police in their fight against crime.

Andrews Memorial opens new wing
AFTER THREE years of fund-raising and kind donations, the Andrews Memorial Hospital in St. Andrew on Tuesday opened a new surgical and maternal wing, offering additional care to patients.

Phillips calls for int'l protocol on deportation
SECURITY MINISTER, Dr. Peter Phillips, has called for the development of international protocol as it relates to the deportation of persons, who have been convicted of criminal offences.

Four St Mary centenarians honoured
FOUR CENTENARIANS, with a combined age of 406 years, were honoured by the National Council for Senior Citizens (NCSC) at the annual awards ceremony for the parish of St. Mary.