A confessed killer's torment -Part II
Ray Ray, now 35, had no father to guide him, couldn't confide in his mother, and had an aggressive stepfather who encouraged his mother to remove him from a church-run school to Papine Secondary School. His yearning for a male role model went unsatisfied, and he found solace...
Lessons to be learnt from Woolmer's death -JFJ
Human Rights Group Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) has outlined several lessons to be learnt from the death of former renowned Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer. The 2007 to 2008 Justice Report entitled: "The Bob Woolmer Legacy: Lessons for Jamaica" focuses ...
Newby asked to serve third term as G2K head
SENATOR Warren Newby has been asked to serve a third term as president of Generation 2000 (G2K), the young professional affiliate of the governing Jamaica Labour Party.Newby, the parliamentary secretary in the Ministry of Information, Culture, Youth...
Man found guilty of double murder - Suspected accomplices to face new trial
The man who was convicted on Thursday for the murder of 56-year-old businessman and Justice of the Peace Winston Chin and his 50-year-old wife Aileen is to be sentenced on November 21. The 12-member jury retired for four hours at the end of the six-week trial...
Barbados to emulate Jamaica's Change From Within project
A delegation of eight persons is to arrive on the island today to examine best practices in the Change From Within project (CFW) at the University of the West Indies.The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Barbados office, has for some time been...
Ministry reporting slight decrease in pink-eye cases
The Ministry of Health and Environment is reporting a slight decrease in the number of acute conjunctivitis (pink-eye) cases, but continues to urge persons who are infected to stay away from work and school."It is not going up, we think there is a slight decrease...
Red Cross hosts free health fair
Hundreds of citizens from inner-city communities in Kingston on Saturday benefited from a free health fair organised by the Jamaica Red Cross.The citizens, who converged on Red Cross' Arnold Road Kingston offices, were able to get HIV testing, pap...
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