'Clap har' - We applaud you!
An era has ended with the passing of one of Jamaica's treasured daughters, the First Lady of comedy and national icon, the Honourble Louise Bennett Coverley, affectionately called Miss Lou. Jamaicans at home and in the Diaspora are mourning...

Salary increase for Members of Parliament (MPs) in Jamaica
A resolution was yesterday adopted in the House of Representatives which will see the country's Members of Parliament (MPs) receiving salary increases in line with the increases granted to public sector servants....

The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) kicks off islandwide tour
The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) yesterday kicked off its islandwide tour of major towns in eastern Jamaica, as part of its election campaign. The tour, lead by Opposition Leader Bruce Golding, began in Harbour View, East Kingston, and culminated...

FBI, cops catch up with Montego Bay kidnappers
WESTERN BUREAU: Two men who were abducted at gunpoint in Montego Bay, St. James, last Sunday were set free and their abductors apprehended following a daring rescue mission involving the local police...

Nurses to 'campaign' for salary increase
The Nurses Association of Jamaica (NAJ) says it will be intensifying its public education campaign today, following the Ministry of Finance and Planning's declaration that it cannot give the nurses a salary.

Deacon, co-accused to return to court again
Former Church Dayton Diamond Ridge deacon, Donovan Jones, and his co-accused James Rodgers are to return to the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court for the third time in three days today. Yesterday defence attorney Paul Beswick cross-examined...

Retrial ordered for labourer
A retrial has been ordered for 20-year-old labourer Ziggy Mills of Salt Pond Road, Spanish Town, St. Catherine, who is charged with the murder of 36-year-old Kevin Thomas, manager of the Rivoli Football Club in Spanish Town.