Gov't accepts Privy Council ruling, but...

MINISTER OF National Security and Justice K.D Knight said yesterday that the Government would acquiesce to the judgement handed down by the UK-based Privy Council but vowed to exhaust all channels to resume capital punishment in Jamaica. "As a sovereign.

Lightning strikes five
GRANGE HILL, Westmoreland: DISASTER STRUCK the quiet rural farming community of Church Lincoln in Grange Hill on Tuesday when five people were struck by lightning.

Beach clean-up this week
MORE THAN 1,000 local volunteers in nine parishes are expected to be part of an international drive to remove debris from beaches and river banks. The event, which is to be held this Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., is Jamaica's contribution to...

Speedier registrations at hospitals
PATIENTS WILL soon be able to register up to 30 times faster at hospitals and health centres across the island, thanks to technology that is about to make Jamaica the only country in the world with a fully computerised health information system. The...