Still Portia - ... But Golding gains in popularity
Despite a 21 percentage point decline over an eight-month period, Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller is still ahead of Opposition Leader Bruce Golding, as the person who Jamaicans feel would do a better job as Prime Minister...
Media barred from parish council meeting
Spanish Town, St. Catherine: Members of the media were barred yesterday from a special meeting of the St. Catherine Parish Council, organised to discuss an audit report exposing irregularities at the council, before it descended into chaos...
Marine fleet goes high-tech
The Marine Division's capacity to patrol the island's coastline and waterways has been given a major boost with the addition of 13 high-tech boats to the existing fleet. "These are boats that are each equipped with two six-cylinder...
Brown, Campbell murder case set for mention
The murder case of the woman and two men charged jointly with the murder of former president of the Jamaica Gasolene Retailers Association (JGRA), 62-year-old Lloyd G. Brown, and his 49-year-old fiancée...
Granddad's throat cut in bizarre mercy killing
A man who cut his 80-year-old grandfather's throat, to spare him the severe pains he was experiencing because he was terminally ill with cancer, yesterday pleaded guilty to manslaughter
Juror shortage postpones trial
A shortage of jurors yesterday stalled the murder trial of five men whose case was marked 'priority' on the court list in the Home Circuit Court. When the men appeared in court..
Guyanese students are regional quiz champs
A team of Guyanese students yesterday defeated a St Lucian team by a whopping 80 points to claim the crown of regional champions in the Caribbean Food and Nutrition Institute (CFNI) quiz competition.
Passport thieves busted
What appeared to be a massive scam involving 700 passports that went missing at the Immigration and Passport Division of the Ministry of National Security has been smashed by the police, resulting in nine arrests...
Ancillary staff shuts down Marcus Garvey High
OCHO RIOS, St. Ann: It is still uncertain whether classes will resume today at the Marcus Garvey Technical High School in St. Ann's Bay, following yesterday's closure of the institution due to an industrial action by the school's ancillary staff.
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