'I told her not to go' - Daughter missing since meeting man from chat room
WESTERN BUREAU: "I told her not to go," Jasmine Johnson said of her 27-year-old daughter Diane Andrea Jackson, who has been missing since Friday. With tears in her eyes, she sat outside her shop in the usually quiet community of Santoy district...
Gunmen strike in Kingston, Monetgo Bay
As fear and tension continue to mount across some of the country's tough inner-city communities, the relatives and friends of two of the six victims murdered between Monday night and Tuesday morning wept uncontrollably yesterday...
Drummond heads GK Funds in Cayman
Robert Drummond, recently assigned to scout and execute new business ventures for Grace-Kennedy's financial service arm, GK Investments, has now been named as CEO of the group's Cayman Islands-registered fund management subsidiary...
Jamaica crush Guyana
JAMAICA TICKED off their first victory in the regional Carib Beer cricket series when they defeated Guyana by a comfortable seven wickets at Kensington Park yesterday. Set a target of 63 runs after picking up Guyana's last two wickets...
EDITORIAL - An opportunity for give and take
It would make sense, we feel, if Jamaica's two major political parties seek, ahead of the general election, to arrive at a consensus on their approach to the constitutional issues that either would wish to pursue after the poll.
LETTER OF THE DAY - Screening guidelines on prostate cancer
The Editor, Sir: Prostate cancer is not only the most common cancer affecting Jamaican men, but it is also the most common cause of male cancer-related deaths. In recognition of this, the Jamaica Urological Society (JUS) published local screening...
'One Love', 'Israelites' for Grammy Hall of Fame
REGGAE PIONEERS Bob Marley and Desmond Dekker, who were once apprentice welders at the same west Kingston shop, will be honoured by the Recording Academy next month when their songs, One Love and Israelites, will be inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
BE WELL - Menacing little GERMS
Germs personified are menacing little creatures. We can't see them (micro-organisms such as bacteria, viruses, fungi and protozoa) but the experts say that they are just about everywhere - at home, at the office, in food, water, soil...
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: Panday seeks to overturn jail terms
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC): Lawyers for former Trinidad and Tobago prime minister, Basdeo Panday, Monday outlined three reasons why the Appeal Court should overturn a two-year jail term imposed on the politician for failing to declare...
LEBANON: Protests paralyse Beirut
BEIRUT (Reuters): Protesters bent on toppling Lebanon's cabinet blocked highways and roads with blazing tyres yesterday, sparking clashes with government loyalists in which three people were killed and 133 hurt, police said.
