From death row to freedom - Earl Pratt to be released after decades in prison
More than a decade after the United Kingdom Judicial Committee of the Privy Council recommended that his death sentence should be commuted to life imprisonment in a landmark ruling for the Caribbean, Earl Pratt will be released this month from prison.
St Catherine communities receive flood assistance
Residents of at least two communities in St. Catherine that were hit hard by flood waters on Wednesday night, have been receiving assistance from the St. Catherine Parish Disaster Committee.
Students welcome abolished health fees
Some students attending the Children's Expo yesterday have welcomed the Government's plans to abolish health fees for children under the age of 18 years.However, at least one student is of the view that the programme, which takes effect May 28, should be extended to the elderly.
Trelawny stadium for sale?
Is the newly-constructed Trelawny Multi-purpose Stadium up for sale? That suggestion was implicit in a question tabled yesterday in the Senate by Senator Christopher Tufton of the opposition Jamaica Labour Party.
Jamaican students paint picture of violence
The World Bank says a number of Jamaican students have used a poster competition to highlight the impact of violence on their lives.
AIDS education campaign for Grants Pen and Swallowfield
Two inner-city communities are currently benefiting from a HIV/AIDS education campaign, in a bid to reduce the rate of transmission in these areas.
Peace cry in Arnett Gardens
They are young, bright and talented, and even in front of former Prime Minister P.J. Patterson and Member of Parliament, Dr. Omar Davies, they were not afraid to let their emotions known.
Reading for the Ambassador
United States Ambassador to Jamaica, Brenda LaGrange Johnson, listens to six-year-old Kymani Coke, a student at Holy Rosary Primary in east Kingston, as he reads a book for her.
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