Air Jamaica expanding service to London
AIR JAMAICA is to increase the number of its weekly flights to London from five to nine with the commissioning into service yesterday of a US$125 million Airbus A340, the newest in its fleet. The long-range, four-engine aircraft...
Police kill four Two firearms seized after shootout in canefield
THE POLICE shot and killed four of five men who they say challenged them in a shootout in a canefield at Worthy Park, at the border of St Ann and St. Catherine yesterday. Two firearms were also seized...
Boy shot downtown dies
ORANE WILLIAMS, 12, died from head wounds from a police constable's bullet that hit him minutes after he disembarked from a number 47 bus Tuesday night. He was crossing the road to board another to take him home...
Sugar eyes CARICOM partners
THE 2001/2002 sugar crop has got off to a bad start but there is confidence in the sector that it will not only rebound but survive with some help from Jamaica's CARICOM partners. The most up-to-date production figures obtained...
Women's Caucus celebrates 10th anniversary
THE JAMAICA Women's Political Caucus is marking its 10th anniversary today. The JWPC is a non-partisan group founded by the St. Andrew Business & Professional Women's Club with the mission to "encourage and facilitate...
Conference on diabetes, obesity starts today
IN A nation where almost 60 per cent of Jamaican women are either overweight or obese, the 8th International Conference on Diabetes and Obesity which kicks off today should be of major...
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