Hang 'em high - Blair wants death penalty executed, prisoners to work
Amid cries for Jamaicans to return to their roots, a popular church leader has called for the state to resume the hanging of convicted murderers. Speaking yesterday during the Heritage thanksgiving service held at the Waltham Park New Testa-ment Church of God in Kingston...
Powell backs 'President Obama'
WASHINGTON (AP): Democrat Barack Obama won the endorsement yesterday of former Secretary of State Colin Powell, a Republican and fellow African-American who served as the country's top diplomat in the first George W. Bush administration. He called the Illinois...
BRUCE GOLDING, PRIME MINISTER - Our journey is not complete
In the life of a nation there are those periods when we turned a crucial corner, when we took a giant step in our journey as a people. Invariably, there were individuals who made this happen - persons whose exceptional leadership, courage and sacrifice, transformed struggle...
PORTIA SIMPSON MILLER, LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION - Jamaica needs a victory
This is the time of year when we remember our National Heroes, the courageous men and women who have stood tall among us. We celebrate our heritage, that which we have created as the people of Jamaica, defining who we are. It has been a very special Heritage season...
Dabdoub receives notes of evidence
People's National Party candidate Abe Dabdoub has received the notes of evidence in the dual-citizenship case against Jamaica Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) Daryl Vaz. Daboub's lawyer, Gayle Nelson, said last Wednesday that he received the notes...
The Gavel - Provocation is no excuse
HAVING BUILT up a reputation as a model parliamentarian, with one nasty barb, Ronald Thwaites knocked over his own bucket of milk last week. Parliamentarians trading insults across the aisle is the norm, but one from the mouth of Thwaites, the most unlikely of legislators to display ...
Anthony Hylton named PNP deputy chairman
People's National Party (PNP) President Portia Simpson Miller has made yet another step in an effort to cement her leadership of the party with yesterday's election, to the post of deputy chairman, of Member of Parliament for Western St Andrew, Anthony Hylton...
Modern heroes urged to inspire Jamaicans
WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica's Olympic stars were yesterday urged to continue to inspire citizens to achieve new feats at the unveiling of a tribute to past and present Jamaican icons.Among the persons honoured in the Heroes Walk initiative...
Senior citizen missing
A St Catherine family is counting on the kind-heartedness of Jamaicans in assisting them in finding their missing relative. Sixty-three-year-old Itle Doyle was last seen at her home in Hill Run, St Catherine, about noon on Saturday.Her daughter, Kerren...
Mickey Mousing with the US election - Of voter fraud and Republican mud-slinging
NEW YORK (AP): The stories are almost comical: Cartoon characters Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck registered to vote in the United States presidential election on November 4. The entire starting line-up of the Dallas Cowboys football team signed up to go the polls in Nevada.....
Awards ceremony shifted to Indoor Sports Centre
The venue for the National Honours and Awards ceremony, which is to be held this morning, has been shifted from King's House to the National Indoor Sports Centre in St Andrew. This is due to unpredictable weather. October is one of Jamaica's rainiest months...
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