'No to bloody election' - Phillips, Thomas vow to cut murder rate
Political leaders have been urged to consider putting a ban on election mass campaigns which include bus loads of supporters who have no regard for the law. The suggestion came yesterday from the Rev. Karl Johnson during the main address...
'They take away everything' - Mother loses three sons in gang war
The gloomy rain clouds hovering over Central Village in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, yesterday morning seemed to mimic June Lawrence's mood as she walked slowly toward a metal chair on the dusty road outside her home. She sat down and sighed.
Chicken price to fly high
The country's largest commercial producer of poultry says it will be forced to hike chicken prices as the cost for corn, a key ingredient in chicken feed, continues to rise rapidly on the international market.
We took no part in Fiesta fee discount - PNP councillors
LUCEA, Hanover: The three People's National Party (PNP) councillors of the Hanover Parish Council yesterday denied taking part in a decision to reduce the Fiesta Hotel building fees by 25 per cent, during a press conference staged at the council...
Cops target stolen-car dealers
A number of garages and business enterprises which are believed to be the recipients of stolen motor vehicle parts are now under the microscope of a team of senior lawmen of the Organised Crime Investigation Division (OCID).
Security guards convicted, to serve 27 years
OCHO RIOS, St. Ann: Two former security guards charged with the robbery of over $150 million that was stolen from a Guardsman armoured vehicle in St. Ann in March 2005, were each sentenced to 27 years in prison yesterday.
Where did the love go? - Majority see Portia as good PM, but figures dip
WHERE HAVE all the flowers gone? It seems that the days of wine and roses have become fewer for Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller since her inauguration in March last year. However, she has still been able to woo...
Stolen baby reunited with parents
André Fairclough and Cadisha Fogo breathed a sigh of relief yesterday after they were reunited with their two-day-old daughter some seven hours after she was stolen from the Victoria Jubilee Hospital (VJH) in Kingston.
Hanover Parish Council split over car park
LUCEA, Hanover: Two councillors of the Hanover Parish Council have taken their own council to task for commencing construction of a car park at Hopewell in the parish, without getting approval from the National Environment and Planning Agency...
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