WESTERN BUREAU: Lucas and Venecia Vall said they had no intention of going ahead with their wedding celebrations here after the death of their Argentinian friend, Aldo Malaspina, last Wednesday night.Malaspina died...
In a year when murders fell by 15 per cent nationally, the St Catherine North Police Division has recorded a 16 per cent increase in homicides, the largest of any division in the country.Police statistics show that up to the third week of December,...
Amid the occasional boisterous outbursts in Parliament this year, the countries legislators passed the following acts:Casino Gaming Act - To implement legislation to provide a regulatory framework for the business of casino gaming....
IT WAS 12 days into the new year, a 7.0 earthquake rocked Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, and Jamaicans felt it. That same week, multiple earthquakes were detected by the United States Geological Survey and they were taking place around Jamaica...
THE DRAMATIC events surrounding the extradition of Christopher 'Dudus' Coke, the alleged drug kingpin and reputed leader of the 'Shower Posse', was easily the most compelling story on the crime scene for 2010....
AS THE curtains stealthily descend on 2010, a shell-shocked Bruce Golding administration seeks desperately to recover from an eventful year which featured massive upheavals in the realms of governance. With 2010 slipping into the annals of history...
AS WE come to the end of 2010 and reflect on the performance of the Jamaican economy during the year, it will be remembered as one of the most difficult periods that we have weathered in recent times.....
WESTERN BUREAU: Lucas and Venecia Vall may still go ahead with their wedding celebrations, even after the death of their Argentinian friend, Aldo Malaspino.Lucas, an Argentinian, and Venecia, a Jamaican from Portmore...
Six-month-old Dorrian Smith could not have given his parents a greater Christmas gift. Five days before the world's celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ, the bright-eyed infant returned to their arms after successful open-heart surgery...
MILK RIVER, Clarendon: RESIDENTS OF Milk River benefited recently from a health fair hosted by the Tourism Product Development Company Limited (TPDCo).Diane Sommerville, manager of the Milk River Bath Hotel and Spa, said she was surprised and pleased...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE CHRISTMAS season traditionally keeps the cashier stands rolling over rapidly in commercial enterprises and this year, business interests...
THE POLICE are warning that there will be no ease-up on criminality in downtown Kingston over the holiday period, despite the relaxing of vending and parking restrictions.With thousands of shoppers seeking bargains in the market district...
A policeman who took $2,000 from a motorist in exchange for not proseuting him for a breach of the Road Traffic Act will have to spend Christmas in prison.Constable Dewayne Williams was taken into custody this week to serve...
WESTERN BUREAU: Embattled former CEO of Caribbean Airlines Limited (CAL), Captain Ian Brunton, who negotiated the Air Jamaica deal from which the Trinidadian government can walk away from up to April 30, 2011,...
MANDEVILLE, Manchester: WITH ONLY one day to go before Christmas, Mandeville is buzzing with activities. Vendors have taken over every available space on the town's sidewalks to display their goods. Shoppers are also crowding the stores and parking spaces...
Dear Readers,The end of another year is nigh, and as we celebrate this holiday season, we take a few moments to reflect on the events of the past few months. The year has been marked by persistent economic challenges, weather-related catastrophes...
Hundreds of vendors will be cashing in on Grand Market sales on the streets of Spanish Town, Linstead and Old Harbour, as the St Catherine Parish Council has given reprieve to ply their wares on designated streets in these towns.Mayor of Spanish Town,...
Special Corporal Christopher 'Ivan' Smith and Special Constable Dwayne Lalor were forced to patrol downtown Kingston yesterday without the third member of their team, Special Constable Dwayne 'Jacko' Jackson....
TWO MEN who were sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Detective Sergeant Maurice Shirley are to get a sentencing hearing. The Court of Appeal upheld submissions from defence lawyers Ravil Golding and Donald Bryan...
With bargain prices and a refurbished Coronation Market, downtown Kingston attracted thousands of shoppers yesterday, and today is expected to be no different. From King to Princess streets and all roads leading off...
CHUDLEIGH, Manchester: PLAGUED BY bad road conditions, lack of water and other basic infrastructure, residents of the communities of Craighead, Breezy Hill and Chudleigh have not let these problems dampen their Christmas...
Shaw regrets Chin's passing - Prominent businessman Howard Chin, operator of Brumalia House in Mandeville, Manchester, has died at age 54. Yesterday, Minister of Finance and the Public Service Audley Shaw said Chin's death marked a big loss...
The United States Embassy in Kingston has downplayed the significance of two diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks which show Mayor of Kingston Desmond McKenzie and Lorna Golding, wife of Prime Minister Bruce Golding, trying to kill the extradition request...
PRESIDENT of the Jamaica Council of Churches, the Reverend Karl Johnson, says the country's leaders have a responsibility to redirect the nation's attention to the birth of Jesus, the event which Christmas represents....
