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AN EXTRAORDINARILY absorbing year is in the offing for the political landscape, in the aftermath of the spectacular dramatics of 2010. In what promises to be a highly unpredictable year, many politicians who were featured over the past 12 months are poised to take centre stage once again in 2011.

WHEN ETHIOPIAN Emperor Haile Selassie I arrived in Jamaica on April 21,1966, it was considered more than just a state visit by the country's growing Rastafarian population. It gave the religion of dreadlocked disciples a sense of legitimacy in their homeland.

2011 is shaping up to be yet another explosive year for Jamaica's sporting ambassadors, with a host of high-profile events lined up over the next 12 months. Athletics, football, netball and cricket - the traditional sporting preferences for most Jamaicans, will once again hog the headlines this year; no surprises there.

FALMOUTH, Trelawny: DR PATRICK Harris, the member of parliament (MP) for North Trelawny, has fired a thinly veiled jab at outsiders seeking to replace him as the People's National Party's (PNP) standard-bearer in the constituency.

Police Commissioner Owen Ellington has recommended the promotion of several officers in tandem with the many transfers he announced yesterday.There has been no word on the promotions from Ellington, but police sources...

Six retirees from the Seaward Primary and Junior High School were honoured at a recent function at the Altamont Court Hotel, New Kingston, on Thursday, December 16, for their combined total of 216 years to the profession.

The region's largest maternity facility was the scene of a horrendous discovery early yesterday when the body of a baby with its arms missing was found at the Victoria Jubilee Hospital (VJH) in Kingston....

Outgoing president of the National Water Commission (NWC), E.G. Hunter, has backed calls for an increase in the price Jamaicans pay for potable water. The call was first made by Global Water Partnership Caribbean...

There were anxious moments for more than 20 passengers aboard a Coaster bus travelling from Castleton, St Mary, to Kingston yesterday after the vehicle plunged 80 feet...

Senior police investigators are now trying to identify the mastermind behind a suspected gun shop which operated out of premises along McWhinney Street, near the Tower Street Adult Centre, in east Kingston.Yesterday, the police stumbled on to the gun...

Embattled Mayor of St Ann's Bay, Ivan Anderson, is to face even further pressure to resign, this time from within the ranks of the St Ann Parish Council.Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) councillors served notice during a special...

MIAMI (AP):Federal prosecutors are seeking detention until trial for a man arrested at Miami International Airport (MIA) after bullet primers ignited in his luggage.Prosecutor Jacqueline Arango told a judge on Wednesday that 37-year-old Orville Andrew...