A confident buzz around spellers

FOURTEEN YOUNG spellers from across the country will do battle today in the finals of the Gleaner's/Children's Own Spelling Bee Competition at the Hilton Kingston Hotel. The parish champions, aged 10 to 12, came a step closer to curtain call yesterday...

Big drug busts in January
NARCOTIC DRUGS with a street value of $50 million were seized and 625 persons charged during separate anti-drug operations throughout Jamaica last month. Among those arrested were 590 Jamaicans and 35 foreigners, including 12 British nationals, five...

Chaos at viewing of 'Shorty'

IT WAS pandemonium yesterday as thousands of people fought their way in the National Arena, King-ston, to view the body of Stephen 'Shorty' Malcolm, the Jamaica national footballer who died in a car crash over a week ago. Immediately after police and...

Police tear gas UTech students
POLICE YESTERDAY fired tear-gas canisters on about 300 students from the University of Technology (UTech) who were protesting in front of the school's gate over the administration's introduction of a new marking system resulting in their getting lower...