50,000 unpaid tickets - Over $400m owed by Kingston motorists for traffic offences
More than 50,000 warrants are out for elusive motorists who have been ticketed in Kingston and St. Andrew alone, according to information out of the Police Traffic Division. However, up to press time, the police were unable to say what the islandwide...
Gleaner fêtes long-serving employees
It's that time of the year again, when The Gleaner pays special tribute to its long-serving employees. Yesterday, 45 members of staff were fêted at a luncheon held in their honour at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel, New Kingston.
Super Plus restructures
The Chen family-controlled Super Plus Food Stores is undergoing a major reorganisation to bring what is essentially a loose federation of individually-owned stores into a single holding company...
'Collapso' cricket
KUALA LUMPUR: ANOTHER ASTONISHING batting collapse precipitated a 78-run defeat for West Indies in the day/night opening match of the three-nation limited-overs series against Australia yesterday at the Kinrara Academy Oval.
EDITORIAL: Another JFF coup plot
The insurgency at the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) continues unabated. Same plot, same principals, even if it is not always the same voice or same hands that are at play. It's the Jacob and Esau syndrome.
LETTER OF THE DAY - Recalling some aspects of education history
The Editor, Sir: As a historian, one of my main objectives is to remember facts. I want to remind Andrew Holness of the JLP, spokesman for education of what his party did to Jamaica's education system in the 1980s.
Gee Jam moving to Kingston's beat
An international advocate of Jamaican music, Gee Jam records has constantly attracted foreign talents and is forging ahead in various different markets. When the rock group No Doubt came to Jamaica to sample local music, Gee Jam's studio in Port Antonio..
I'm in Ecstasy
Love drug, beans, rolls, whatever you may want to call it, Jamaica is caught up in ecstasy. Ecstasy is a man-made drug which acts as a stimulant. Common street names include XTC, beans, rolls, love drug and Adam.
GERMANY: Pope invites Muslims to dialogue, slams 'holy wars'
REGENSBURG, Germany, (Reuters): Pope Benedict invited Muslims yesterday to join a dialogue of cultures based on the premise that the concept of an Islamic "holy war" is unreasonable and against God's nature.
