Bombers busted - Terrorists planned to blow up 10 planes
LONDON (Reuters): British police arrested 24 people in overnight raids and said yesterday they had foiled a plot to commit "mass murder" by blowing up several aircraft flying over the Atlantic Ocean to the United States.
A future without a father
Fatherless, but not futureless, is the Silver Pen awardee for the month of June, Wayne Morgan, a 17-year-old student of the José Marti Technical High School in St. Catherine, Morgan's letter, 'Growing up Without a Father', won him the prize for the month.
$300m tourism investment for Ocho Rios
Rainforest Arial Trams, a Miami-based outfit that operates forest-based eco-tourism and adventure attractions in Central America and the Caribbean, is to take a 50 per cent stake in a similar facility planned.
Graham under probe
RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters): THE INTERNATIONAL Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) said yesterday it was investigating Justin Gatlin's coach Trevor Graham for possible doping violations. Olympic and world 100 metres champion Gatlin...
Agriculture grows - but needs big vision
In a speech at the Denbigh Agricultural and Industrial Show, Minister of Agriculture Roger Clarke announced that during the first quarter of the year the agricultural sector grew by 30 per cent...
LETTER OF THE DAY - Wider scope urged for National Honours
The Editor, Sir:Another year has passed and once again we know the names of those wonderful men and women, Jamaicans all, who have most deservedly been recognised by a grateful nation for their contributions to the welfare and well-being...
UB40 happy to make Jamaica debut
One month shy of Signing Off, their debut album's 26th anniversary, UB40 performed in Jamaica for the first time. In between, the band from the West Midlands, United Kingdom, making their full-length recording debut and playing an hour...
One fine gala!
It was a musical feast on Monday night as Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller hosted her first Independence Gala since taking over the country's leadership. This year was all about saluting 50 years of the Jamaican recorded music...
Pressmen execution roundly condemned
GEORGETOWN (CMC): The leading regional press freedom organisation has joined a number of Guyanese groups in condemning Tuesday's brutal slaying of four employees of the privately owned newspaper, Kaieteur News.
Congress charges 72 lawmakers with fraud
BRASILIA (Reuters): A congressional investigative committee charged 72 lawmakers yesterday with allegedly embezzling public health funds and recommended they face impeachment proceedings.
