'Cop killer slain' - Denham Town Station shot up in revenge attack
Christopher 'Cheese Trix' Williams, who allegedly killed Special Corporal Charles Gordon as he conducted a traffic check downtown Kingston in January, was shot dead by the police early yesterday morning. Two hours later, gunmen opened fire at the Denham Town Police Station...
Fisherman dies at sea
SPANISH TOWN, St.Catherine: A CRUEL twist of fate turned a routine fishing trip into tragedy for the Old Harbour Bay community as one man drowned after the vessel he was in overturned on the rough seas. Two other boatmen who were also in the capsized vessel were found...
Golding hints at PNP slush fund
Opposition Leader Bruce Golding has once again raised concern about the source of funding for the People's National Party's (PNP) election campaign. The leader of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) is alleging that the governing party has received money...
PNP rally at Stadium
The People's National Party will this evening formally introduce its full slate of Region Three candidates contesting the general and local government elections at a mass rally to celebrate Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller's first year...
A Time to Die - Death rituals
Death rituals like those related to labour and delivery were not banned during slavery and so they served as a means of cultural preservation. Unlike birth rituals, however death rituals have also largely been replaced by Western conventions...
Schoolboys to study on bail or go to jail
THE FIVE Kingston Technical High School students who appeared on assault charges in the Kingston Family Court last week had better do their homework - or else they'll be locked up.As part of the unusual conditions of bail handed down by the court, they have each been ordered...
Hubert H Humphrey Fellowship Programme
The U.S. Embassy's Office of Public Affairs (OPA), Kingston, invites Jamaican professionals to submit applications for the 2008/2009 Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Programme. The all-expense paid one-year fellowship does not lead to a degree but allows mid-career...
HIV virus discoverer to speak at the Hilton
Internationally acclaimed scientist, Dr.Robert Gallo, who discovered the HIV/AIDS virus in 1980, is to deliver a special public lecture on HIV/AIDS at the Hilton Kingston hotel this evening. The lecture begins at 5:30 p.m.
Silver Hill residents cry foul
Portland:Residents of Silver Hill, Portland, are angry with the National Works Agency (NWA) and Member of Parliament Errol Ennis for stopping repairs being carried out on the rails of the Silver river bridge. The residents, who converged in the vicinity of the bridge in large numbers...
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