Carnal abuse crack down - Constabulary Force to intensify efforts
CALLING FOR the public to speak out whenever they have information about children being sexually molested, Police Commissioner Lucius Thomas says the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) will be intensifying its efforts to crack down...
Violence hardening the hearts of Jamaicans - Chang
WESTERN BUREAU: THE INCREASING viciousness across the island is hardening the hearts of Jamaicans, according to Opposition Member of Parliament for North West St. James, Dr. Horace Chang. "There seems to be a desensitisation of the Jamaican emotion to vio
Chavez giving Air Jamaica cheaper fuel... to offer loan for Highway 2000
PRIME MINISTER Portia Simpson Miller will next week formally announce Venezuela's agreement to provide 2,500 barrels of oil a day for Air Jamaica under the PetroCaribe facility, a deal which will ease the crunching cash flow problems of the state-owned...
STANFORD TWENTY20 SERIES - St Lucia sweep past BVI
ST JOHN'S, Antigua (CMC): ST. LUCIA survived a few jitters to cruise to a seven-wicket victory in their Stanford Twenty20 Cup match against the British Virgin Islands on Wednesday night at the Stanford Cricket Ground.
That March Pen Road truce
TUESDAY'S ANNOUNCED truce between the divided communities of March Pen Road, Spanish Town, St. Catherine, and their pledge to work together to end the bloodshed and mayhem have our support. The truth is, however, no community in Jamaica can be...
LETTER OF THE DAY - Crisis brewing in health care sector
THE EDITOR, Sir: THE CHALLENGES that Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller faces are immense and require sizeable resources and skills that, at present, Jamaica seems unable to harness. Nonetheless, the brewing crisis in the health care sector...
Early laughs at Hilton
THERE WAS a preview of the line-up for International Comedy Fest 2K6 and a head-start on the laughter expected in the Hilton hotel's Grand Ballroom on Sunday, July 26, as details of the stand-up comedy show's second staging...
Cheerio, Charles!
PICTURE A slice of paradise to the east of the island that looks like Lover's Leap in St. Elizabeth gave birth to a beautiful baby. Picture quiet, calm serene privacy with the green hills around you and the sea at your feet.
MIDEAST: Israel blockades Lebanon
BEIRUT,(Reuters): ISRAEL BLOCKADED Lebanese ports and struck Beirut airport and two military airbases yesterday, expanding reprisals that have killed 55 civilians in Lebanon since Hizbollah captured two Israeli soldiers a day earlier.
