Gang warfare claims woman, wounds daughter
Christmas for the family of Grace Walker will be very bleak. Walker became an addition to the burgeoning murder statistics for the year, as she was killed yesterday morning in a busy shopping centre in St. Andrew.
Missing luggage ruins Christmas spirit
Several visitors who arrived in the island to enjoy the Christmas holidays are experiencing a nightmare after most of their luggage went missing. One of the visitors, who arrived on a Spirit Airlines flight on Wednesday, only received one piece of her four pieces of luggage up to yesterday.
United Theological College in tough battle with criminals
The United Theological College (UTC) campus, located on Golding Avenue across from the University of the West Indies (UWI), has been constantly plagued by gunmen, who often break into the rooms of students and lecturers.
Missing Mona - Family grieves toddler's death
Simone Gayle first ran, then flung herself on the ground when she heard that her two-year-old had been killed under the wheel of a truck on Waltham Park Road in St. Andrew on December 6. She picked herself up, stumbled, fell, and then she got up and ran.
Leaders speak out in Supplementary Estimates of Expenditure debate
For hours, parliamentarians debated the First Supple-mentary Estimates of Expenditure for the 2007/2008 fiscal year in Gordon House on Tuesday. The gruelling and extensive debate saw the top brass of the leadership on both sides of the House weighing in on the discussion.
An Indian Christmas in Jamaica
Rhiya Singh, a devout Hindu, says her daily prayers and visits the temple but when it comes to Christmas, she is steeped in the spirit of the season, lighting up the house and decorating the Christmas tree.
Maurice Smith - a hero comes home
No one has to wonder about the location of the district called Above Rocks. It is aptly named, sitting literally high above rocks in the parish of St. Catherine. To get to Above Rocks, I boarded a minibus at Constant Spring, St. Andrew, and held on tightly to my seat as the vehicle wended its way around roads with hair-pin curves...
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