Under 17 Reggae Boy shot
ALEX THOMAS, who captained Jamaica's Reggae Boyz at the FIFA Under-17 World Cup finals in New Zealand last year-end, was shot in a drive-by incident in Torrington Park Housing Scheme, Kingston, yesterday. He is the brother of national senior team...

Buchanan describes PM as 'genius'

DONALD BUCHANAN, Minister of Labour and Social Security, has labelled Prime Minister P.J. Patterson a "genius" for leading the country out of economic downturn and rising inflation. According to Mr Buchanan, when his government came to power in 1989 it..

13 in three days
FOUR MORE people were shot dead in the 36 hours from Thursday night to yesterday, bringing to 13 the number of Jamaicans murdered in the last three days. Two women were gunned down execution-style in the Duhaney Park area of St. Andrew Thursday night...

Granville girls receive medical help
MORE THAN 70 girls housed at the Granville Place of Safety in Trelawny, recently received full medical examinations and prescription drugs valued at more than $20,000 in a one-day health fair convened by Hope World Wide medical team and Sandals Royal...

New chairman for Ocho Rios environmental advisory group

LIVINGSTON GREEN of the St. Ann Parish Council is the new chairman of the Ocho Rios Environmental Advisory Group (OREAG). He succeeds Maureen Rowe of the Coastal Water Quality Improvement Project (CWIP) who had served as interim chairman.