G-G'S ACHIEVEMENT AWARDEES - 'I feel so ecstatic'
Being selected as a recipient of the Governor-General's Achievement Award means great satisfaction for Caswell Daley. After receiving his award at a ceremony at the Holiday Inn Sunspree Resort in Montego Bay, Mr. Daley said that he was overjoyed...
'It is just overwhelming'
Sheldene Senior could not contain her emotions when she received news that she was one of several nominees for this year's Governor-General's Achievement Youth Award for Excellence.
Appeal Court quashes manslaughter verdict
A man who spent three years in prison awaiting the hearing of his appeal was freed yesterday after the Court of Appeal found that there was no basis for the jury to have convicted him of manslaughter.
Cop suing Goverment of Jamaica
Legal arguments began in the Supreme Court this week in the suit which Superintendent of Police Owen Ellington has brought against the Government to recover damages arising from charges which were brought against him in December...
Preventing sickle cell
The following statement was issued by Graham Serjeant, chairman, Sickle Cell Trust (Jamaica). This week is being observed as 'Sickle Cell Awareness Week'. People get sickle-cell disease by inheriting genes for abnormal haemoglobin from both parents...
Teens shot in Montego Bay
Western Bureau: A 13-year-old schoolgirl and a teenage mother were shot and injured shortly after 10:00 a.m. yesterday when two unknown assailants sneaked up on them in the Albion Lane area of Montego Bay and opened fire, hitting them.
BNS launches road safety campaign
Aimed at protecting the lives of some of the nation's most vulnerable, a new road safety in schools campaign has been launched. The campaign, sponsored by the Bank of Nova Scotia Jamaica, in collaboration with the Jamaica Constabulary Force...
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