Schools will close for Cricket World Cup - 5 days for schools, 7 days for vehicular traffic - JUTC to alter bus routes
SCHOOLS WITHIN close proximity to Sabina Park are to be closed for five non-consecutive days while vehicular traffic along sections of South Camp Road will be impeded for seven non-consecutive days during the staging of the Cricket World Cup...
Big discovery in Stony Gut
IF YOU ask me, it's not always good to get more than what you bargain for. Like, I can remember once at high school, for some reason I got the bright idea to invite Lavern, a 200-plus pound girl who had a crush on me, out to lunch.
Cuban revolution, in lightbulbs
CUBA IS to supply 30,000 energy-saving lightbulbs free to residents of east Kingston. Phillip Paulwell, Minister of Commerce, Science and Technology and member of parliament for the constituency, says he hopes the scheme will become a model for Jamaica...
Call for secretariat for access to info tribunal
THE INDEPENDENT Jamaican Council for Human Rights (IJCHR) and the Access to Information (ATI) Stakeholders Advisory Committee have called for a secretariat to be set up for the tribunal.
Cop loses appeal, to serve seven year sentence
A POLICEMAN who shot and injured an unarmed man has been ordered by the Court of Appeal to serve his seven-year prison sentence. He is 33-year-old Corporal Courtney Carridice who had appealed against his conviction for wounding with intent.
Port Antonio gets Valentine's present
PORTLAND: FOR THE first time in more than 18 years, the resort town of Port Antonio has benefited from a stopover visit from a cruise vessel. The ship, the Delphin Valletia stopped in Port Antonio on Valentine's Day.
Derelict notice served for two Montego Bay buildings
WESTERN BUREAU: ST. JAMES Parish Council officials led by Mayor Noel Donaldson yesterday served notice, under the Public Nuisance Act, on the owners of two derelict buildings in Montego Bay.
The Urban Development Corporation (UDC) has new plans for Hellshire enviro project
THE URBAN Development Corporation (UDC) has revised the Hellshire Environmental Management Plan (HEMP) which is to guide the construction of a J$480 million housing development in the Hellshire Hills and Goat Islands, a UDC-designated...
Model missing
SPANISH TOWN, St. Catherine: THE MOTHER of a woman who has been missing for 13 days has expressed grave concern about what may have caused her daughter's disappearance.
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