Drenched
It was a wet and clammy day yesterday as heavy rainfall, associated with tropical storm Noel, continued to lash the island. There were several reports of landslides, roadblocks and flooding in some major communities in eastern parts of the country. The police have confirmed...
Deanery Road flood
Several homes and at least two businesses at the intersection of Deanery Road and Upper York Street in Kingston were flooded yesterday during the heavy rains. The residents say a blocked drain triggered the problem.
Robbers gone mad!
WHILE the heavens were releasing showers over most of the island yesterday, gunmen were driving fear into staff and patients at the Bellevue Hospital in Kingston. Lambert Kelly, a security supervisor at the hospital, told The Gleaner that the bandits hit the hospital about 2:00 p.m....
Samuels under investigation
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (CMC): WEST INDIES batsman Marlon Samuels is under investigation for alleged links to an Indian bookmaker during the West Indies' tour of India earlier this year. The International Cricket Council (ICC), the sport's world governing body, disclosed yesterday...
Parliamentary oversight for State boards
Parliament could soon have oversight authority for the appointment of members of some state boards. There are also calls for similar authority to be granted over appointments to commissions established under the Constitution of Jamaica. Proposals for the appropriate mechanisms...
Textbook battle - Education Ministry says controversial book not on its approved list - Teachers insist book was recommended at workshop staged by ministry
Officials from the Education Ministry have distanced the ministry from the controversial textbook that ostensibly presents homosexual unions as a viable family option, but the teachers from a prominent high school that uses the book are insisting...
Day 12: 'Blood sample may have been contaminated'
BRITISH FORENSIC scientist, John Slaughter, yesterday told the coroner's inquest into the death of Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer that contamination may have caused cypermethrin to be found in a sample of his blood at the Government Forensic Laboratory in Kingston....
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