Brazil and Jamaica: New opportunities
On August 8 and 9, I will be in Jamaica, the first visit by a Brazilian President to this Caribbean country. My visit is to reciprocate the visits by Prime Ministers P.J. Patterson and Portia Simpson Miller, in 2005 and 2006, who were the first two Jamaican heads of state...
A full and active life at Loma
"This is probably my last year of study," Rachelle McKenzie commented as we looked back over the years since September 2002 when she began studies as a graduate student at the Loma Linda University School of Medicine in Loma Linda, California....
Palmyra Resort lashes outat unions about work stoppages
WESTERN BUREAU:The management of the Palmyra Resort and Spa in Montego Bay, St.James, has accused the Bustamante Industrial Trade Union (BITU) and the National Workers' Union of reneging on some of the major stipulations of a 44-point agreement with their building contractors.
Bodies of two men found in Kingston 12
The bodies of two men were found on Calabar Road in the Kingston 12 area yesterday morning. According to the police, about 4:00 a.m., passersbys stumbled upon the bodies and summoned the police. When the police arrived, the bodies of both men were seen...
Residents tight-lipped after triple murder
Spanish Town, St. Catherine: The St. Catherine South police said yesterday that the murders of three men in Newland, Portmore, were being treated as gang related. Dead are Devon Carter, otherwise called 'War Lord', 20, of Myers Crescent; Omar McKoy, otherwise known as 'Brains'...
Int'l American Medical Mission on return visit to Portmore
More than 1,000 residents are set to benefit from the International American Medical Mission which is on its fourth visit to Portmore, St.Catherine. According to Charles Smith, assistant mission director, under the vision started four years ago, thousands of residents...
67-y-o killed, cops shot
THE COLOUR associated with nomination day turned pale in at least two Corporate Area communities yesterday. A single bullet hole in Cecilia McCarthy's bedroom window bears testament to another senseless killing in the island and one that has left residents...
Disturbance in 'St Bess'
ST. ELIZABETH: Violence threatened a peaceful day in St. Elizabeth yesterday after People's National Party (PNP) candidate Norman Horne was nominated. At 10:42 in the morning Mr. Horne entered the nomination centre at the B.B. Coke High School in Junction, St. Elizabeth...
Something Extra....
Thousands made it Turtle River Park for the first ever Ocho Rios Seafood Festival, Jamaicans fly the flag high in South Korea and memories of Red Stripe Temptation Isle are still in the air!...
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