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The countdown has begun for what is anticipated will be one of the country's most competitive circuit racing events, scheduled for the Dover Raceway, St Ann, on Easter Monday, April 1.

The National Road Safety Council (NRSC) is to host a private visit of His Royal Highness Prince (HRH) Michael of Kent, royal patron for the Commission for Global Road Safety and patron of the non-profit organisation, Fédération Internationale de...

Gerald Levy, otherwise known as Bogle or Mr Wacky, popularised the dance craze known as the 'Out and Bad'. RDX then did a song of the same name as a tribute to the deceased dancer.

The National Road Safety Council (NRSC) has launched a new road-safety campaign for 2013, focused on reducing road fatalities to below 240 annually over three years. As at March 6 this year, 42 fatalities have been recorded, compared with 45 at the same point in 2012.

He had power before.

Those persons who decided to live in the housing developments which sprung up along Highway 2000 in St Catherine and Clarendon would naturally have expected to pay significant travelling costs if they drove to and from work or school in Kingston.

It may be deemed 'heartless' for someone helping themselves to the contents of a crashed vehicle while its occupants suffer, but they cannot be prosecuted for not assisting those who have been hurt.

Capitalising on the Volkswagen brand's heightened profile locally, following the German company's Super Bowl ad which featured actor Erik Nicolaisen using a Jamaican accent, Norman Foster of The Jamaica VW Club has arranged a meeting of VW owners to acquaint themselves with each other. The meeting is set for 3 p.m. on Sunday, March 3, at Country Farmhouse, 3 Deanery Road, Vineyard Town.

Deceptively powerful is how I found the 2013 Si Jaguar XF on a recent test run. With a displacement of two litres, one could be forgiven for thinking this four-cylinder is an ordinary engine, but here is a turbo petrol power plant that is anything but the usual.

Solar-powered, stand-alone street lights are now being installed along several legs of Highway 2000 in order to gradually eliminate the dependence on traditional street lights. This is part of a cost-saving initiative by Transjamaican Highway Limited. Currently, 221 solar-powered street lighting systems are being installed.

On Wednesday, the Heelz 'N Wheelz car show's 'Super Street' edition takes place in a new venue, the National Stadium's parking lot.

"Come out and drive a vehicle you would not normally drive. Do something you would not usually do - such as drive through a river, up a hill with a two-foot drop alongside of the road.