Mother grieves 3-y-o son's death
WHEN MITSY Knight, the mother of a three-year-old boy killed during gang violence last week, heard the strains of the hit song 'Missing You' at the wake held at her home earlier this week, she fainted. "I never even realised that I had fainted, is...
Nursing Council gives extension to some nurses
MORE THAN 300 nursing professionals who did not complete the required 60 hours of continuing education as stipulated by the Nursing Council or whose application forms were not completed properly, have been given more time to do so.
Water commission denies untreated sewage claim
WESTERN BUREAU: AFTER BEING initially reluctant to divulge any information on reports that untreated sewage was flowing into the Montego Bay Marine Park, the National Water Commission (NWC) has broken its silence on the matter by releasing a statement...
It all happened in September 2003
GOVERNMENT'S 15 PER CENT tax on lottery winnings came into effect on September 1. Dionne Brown, 17, of Ocho Rios, a student at Moneague College, St. Ann, attained the highest pass mark in the world in General Paper in the Cambridge General Certificate...
Gun violence escalates
THREE PERSONS were shot and killed and four persons injured during separate incidents in Clarendon, St. James and St. Catherine between Thursday night and yesterday morning.
Half Moon accused of damaging wetlands
WESTERN BUREAU: HALF MOON Bay Company, the parent of the world famous upscale resort in Rose Hall, Montego Bay, and a construction firm in Westmoreland, will be tried for dumping construction waste along the city's coastline, a local judge has ruled.
Fines for remittance services in breach to be reviewed
GOVERNMENT SENATOR A.J. Nicholson yesterday promised that the Attorney-General's Chambers will immediately begin looking into whether fines related to financial institutions engaged in remittance services should be increased.
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