Jamaica marks abolition of transatlantic slave trade
VIDEO cameras and smiling passengers were not part of the script when Africans were captured by Europeans and sold into bondage over 400 years ago. But boarding a make-believe slave ship in Kingston Harbour in 2007 is still an emotional experience for some people.
'We're closer!' - Police gather vital evidence in Woolmer case - ICC launches probe into match-fixing allegations
The police High Command yesterday said investigators are now closer to solving the murder of former Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer. At the same time, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has launched its own probe into whether match fixing was involved...
Infant killed in accident
WESTERN BUREAU: Five-month-old Jah-eim Miller was killed and his 11-year-old cousin injured in a motor vehicle accident in Barrett Town, St. James, on Saturday night. The 11-year-old child has since been hospitalised. Thirty-five-year-old Derrick Edwards, who is hearing impaired...
Dr. Sheila Campbell-Forrester - A life of significant strides
She is a quiet hero and public servant, a medical doctor and a mother. Meet Dr. Sheila Campbell-Forrester, the acting chief medical officer of health for Jamaica. A woman in charge, Dr. Campbell-Forrester has made significant strides in her 58 years of existence...
Startling discovery in carnal abuse case
The startling revelation was made in a case in the Home Circuit Court, Kingston, last week, that a 15-year-old girl who was the complainant in a carnal abuse case, had been taking care of her two younger siblings since she was nine years old...
Police personnel honoured in St James
WESTERN BUREAU: Twenty-one men and women of the St.James Police Division put down their guns yesterday and sat in reverence to God at the Salvation Army Temple Corps in Montego Bay. The police personnel were being honoured by the Salvation Army...
The role of the coroner
In Jamaica, a coroner is a resident magistrate, appointed under the Coroner's Act, to conduct investigations into the deaths of persons which occur within his or her jurisdiction, where there is reasonable cause to suspect...
Young pilot flies with 'Inspiration'
MIAMI, Florida: Twenty-three-year-old Kingston-born Barrington Irving Jr. on Friday morning made a bold take-off in pursuit of aviation history. Irving, who resides in the United States, left the Opa-Locka Airport in Miami on a dream mission, to become the youngest-ever pilot...
JLP stumped by CWC, says Pickersgill
PEOPLE'S NATIONAL Party (PNP) chairman Bobby Pickersgill yesterday said the Government's handling of the Jamaica leg of Cricket World Cup (CWC), has revived its hopes of winning the general election which is con-stitutionally due by December 31.
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