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Published:Wednesday | August 20, 2008 | 10:01 AM

The father and brother of former 100-metre world record holder Asafa Powell is to leave the island this morning for Beijing.

Published:Wednesday | August 20, 2008 | 9:59 AM

The Ministry of Health said it would be staging a three-day immunisation health fair in Kingston beginning tomorrow.

Published:Wednesday | August 20, 2008 | 9:59 AM

The transport minister Mike Henry is expected by next week to announced the new chairman for the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC).

Published:Wednesday | August 20, 2008 | 9:29 AM

Usain Bolt destroyed the mens 200 metre final field, to win his second gold medal in a World Record breaking performance.

Published:Tuesday | August 19, 2008 | 1:09 PM

The police have still not determined the circumstances leading to the death of 25 year old Rory ‘Doggie’ Thomas of a Denham Town address in Kingston.

Published:Tuesday | August 19, 2008 | 1:07 PM

Air One Ventures Limited, the low cost airline, which is to start servicing the region by next year, said it has not received the required permit from the government to operate in Jamaica.

Published:Tuesday | August 19, 2008 | 1:07 PM

Supreme Court Judge Donald McIntosh has criticised the Government for not carrying out the death penalty.

Published:Tuesday | August 19, 2008 | 1:04 PM

Justice McIntosh today revoked the bail of one of the two men charged with the murder of a 48 year old gas station operator Sylvia Edwards.

Published:Tuesday | August 19, 2008 | 11:12 AM

Jamaica\'s Shericka Williams claimed silver in the women\'s 400 metres final today, bringing Jamaica\'s medal tally to five.

Published:Tuesday | August 19, 2008 | 9:43 AM

The May Pen police in Clarendon said the guardians of two children who were found dead inside the trunk of a car last week could be charged.

Published:Tuesday | August 19, 2008 | 9:42 AM

The Jamaican government said the decision of some CARICOM countries to establish a political union could have implications for the structure and future of CARICOM.

Published:Tuesday | August 19, 2008 | 9:41 AM

The ministry of health is urging parents and caregivers to ensure that their children are adequately immunized for the start of the next school year.

Published:Tuesday | August 19, 2008 | 9:41 AM

Embattled Member of Parliament for West Portland, Daryl Vaz, is to return to court today to answer to charges of breaches of the Public order, and the Jamaica Constabulary Force Act.

Published:Monday | August 18, 2008 | 6:11 PM

Tourism officials are seeking to capitalise on the interest being directed towards the island following the performance of some of the country’s athletes in the Beijing Olympic Games.

Published:Monday | August 18, 2008 | 6:09 PM

Mark Smith, 41, of Palmers Cross in Clarendon who was last month charged in connection with a massive ganja find in the parish has been sentenced to 15 months in prison.

Published:Monday | August 18, 2008 | 6:07 PM

The police in Trelawny have charged five men in connection with an illegal gun seized in the parish yesterday.

Published:Monday | August 18, 2008 | 6:05 PM

The Supreme Court has granted a stay of execution barring the Kingston and St Andrew Corporation from demolishing a shopping plaza in Cross Roads, Kingston.

Published:Monday | August 18, 2008 | 6:03 PM

The renal unit at the Kingston Public Hospital and the Victoria Jubilee Hospital in Kingston are to undergo major expansion.

Published:Monday | August 18, 2008 | 6:01 PM

Work teams from the National Works Agency, NWA are now trying to re-open several roads, which were blocked by debris during the heavy rains over the weekend.

Published:Monday | August 18, 2008 | 5:59 PM

The Seaview Gardens police in Kingston believe they have made a dent in gang activities in the community following last week’s arrest of 28-year-old Shawn Walker.

Published:Monday | August 18, 2008 | 5:57 PM

One of the four men killed by the police in Westmoreland yesterday has been identified.

Published:Monday | August 18, 2008 | 2:15 PM

A 21 year old man is now in police custody in connection with the murder of his uncle in Spanish Town, St. Catherine yesterday.

Published:Monday | August 18, 2008 | 2:14 PM

Police and fire personnel are now gathered at the Sandy Gully Bridge in the vicinity of Atlantic Boulevard, Seaview Gardens in Kingston where the body of a man is now floating in the water.

Published:Monday | August 18, 2008 | 2:11 PM

Labourer, Germal Gayle, 44, of Savannah district, Hayes is reportedly the third person to have been killed in Clarendon since Saturday.

Published:Monday | August 18, 2008 | 2:09 PM

Hundreds of educators are now gathered in Ocho Rios, St. Ann for the Jamaica Teachers’ Association’s (JTA) 44th annual conference.

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