Four children perish in three fires - Houses in Kgn, Portland, St Ann razed four
FOUR CHILDREN have been burnt to death in separate fires which razed their homes in Kingston, Portland and St. Ann, between Tuesday afternoon and early yesterday morning. The victims have been identified as 18-month-old Nesetiri...
Bertram allays property tax fears
THE MINISTRY of Local Government yesterday sought to quell the fears of property owners who have been expressing concern in recent weeks over what they say are massive increases in their property...
Drug mule dies in UK hospital
LONDON: ONE OF several Jamaican drug mules who landed at Heathrow Airport in London last week, died in hospital on Monday, from what is believed to be a cocaine overdose. The dead man was a passenger on board an Air Jamaica flight ...
Von Cork's Privy Council appeal bid turned down
NORMA VON Cork, the first judge to be convicted of committing an offence while serving on the Bench, failed in her bid yesterday to get approval from the Court of Appeal to take her case to the United Kingdom Privy...
CAFFE to benefit from USAID support
THE UNITED States Agency for International Development (USAID) is to spend US$13 million (J$624 million) over the next five years to support democracy and governance locally. Among the organisations to benefit is the lobby group, Citizens Action for...
JDF rescues two Frenchmen at sea
TWO FRENCHMEN, Albert Martin and Daniel Minier, both 62, were rescued at sea by the Jamaica Defence Force Air Wing and the United States and JDF Coast Guards after they ran into difficulties on Monday. The men, who had participated in a boat race, had...
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