Vauxhall High hits six on Peace Day
Vauxhall High rocked yesterday as students from the east Kingston school rallied for peace during a Peace Day ceremony held on the grounds of the institution. Peace Day, an initiative of Peace and Love in Society (PALS) in collaboration with the Violence Prevention Alliance (VPA)...
Sabina scare - Seat manufacturer fired - Drainage problems following yesterday's downpour
With the onslaught of showers yesterday, Sabina Park faced its first real durability test with a few last minute scares coming out of the woodwork. According to Robert Bryan, executive director of Jamaica Cricket 2007, the Local Organising Committee (LOC)...
T&T should be brought to book - JMA boss
The Jamaica Manufacturers' Association (JMA) yesterday told the Government to hold Trinidad and Tobago to account for reneging on an agreement to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) to the island and warned that it would move to safeguard the interest of its members...
Was Trafigura repaid? - JLP questions whether PNP has sent money
The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) yesterday demanded the governing People's National Party (PNP) answer almost a dozen questions related to claims that it had returned the $31 million controversially donated by Dutch oil trading firm Trafigura Beheer.
Jamaica's Prime Minister wants plan to assist deportees
LONDON, England: Jamaica's Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has called for an international programme that will assist deportees, especially those with criminal records, in their reorientation to the Jamaican society.
Danhai case put off
The trial of east Kingston businessman Danhai Williams, who is charged jointly with six others with allegedly defrauding the National Housing Development Corporation (NHDC) of $451 million, has been put off for mention on April 23.When the case came up...
Military Museum: A great amusement
The little girl at the head of the line to enter the museum opened her mouth wide when she got her first glimpse of what was inside. She smiled and tugged on the sleeve of the boy who was standing behind her and pointed to one of the mannequins.
Protest and traffic jam greet CWC bosses
WESTERN BUREAU: The country was forced into a shroud of embarrassment yesterday when ICC Cricket World Cup personnel and tourists were locked in a traffic jam for hours during a protest at Flankers in Montego Bay, St. James...
Another US report fails Jamaica
The United States has released yet another damning report on Jamaica, giving the nation failing grades in human rights practices.In the 2006 Country Report on Human Rights Practices, released yesterday, the U.S. primarily criticised Jamaica for its treatment...
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