Cruise calamity - One Killed, 11 Injured in Ship Blaze
WESTERN BUREAU: ONE MAN died of a heart attack, three persons were hospitalised and several hundred passengers had to be accommodated in local hotels after a fire engulfed three floors of the Star Princess cruise ship as it travelled into Jamaican waters.
Brigade under fire from Jamaica Labour Party
WESTERN BUREAU: ALTHOUGH EMERGENCY services were placed on high alert yesterday after fire engulfed a section of the Star Princess cruise ship en route to Montego Bay, St. James, the shabby state of the island's fire service has again come under the micro
65 illegal aliens held
IMMIGRATION AUTHORITIES and the police are probing a suspected case of human trafficking in which 65 illegal aliens were taken off three fishing vessels during an operation Wednesday night in the waters of Old Harbour Bay, St. Catherine...
$2.5 billion more in NHT loans
THE NATIONAL Housing Trust (NHT) has said it expects to issue $2.5 billion (30 per cent) more in mortgage loans in response to its new package unveiled yesterday. The three new loans will become effective April 1...
40 years for killing Crown witness
A SUPREME Court Judge has recommended that a man serve 40 years' imprisonment for murdering a Crown witness, because such a murder was considered an attack on the system of justice and the rule of law. David Ebanks, 30, mason of Majesty Gardens...
Couple dead in suspected murder-suicide
A THREE-YEAR-OLD child is now without a mother and father after both parents were found dead in their home in Maverley, St. Andrew. The bodies were reportedly burnt after the house was found on fire yesterday.
'Zekes' co-accused freed of murder
THE MAN who was charged jointly with 48-year-old Matthews Lane resident Donald 'Zekes' Phipps for a double murder, was freed yesterday at the end of the Crown's case. Garfield Williams, 32, farmer, of eastern Kingston, was freed...
Cement company resumes deliveries
THE LOCAL construction industry received a lifeline yesterday as Caribbean Cement Company Limited (CCCL) partially resumed deliveries of its core product. Yesterday's resumption in deliveries of bulk cement commenced on a phased basis...
OUR to audit JPS customer information system
OCHO RIOS, St. Ann: AFTER MONTHS of delay, the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) has finally made good on its promise to conduct an audit of the Jamaica Public Service Company's (JPS) customer information system.
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