Princeton student to give lecture
TWENTY-TWO-year-old Nyron Shane Burke, a Jamaican studying at Princeton University in the United States, will give this year's Buxton Thompson Memorial Lecture. It is set for King's House on February 2, starting at 5 p.m., with Robert Gregory, head...
Close Circuit TV upgrade stalled
CLOSE CIRCUIT Television (CCTV) surveillance systems have not yet been installed in locations across the island, said Donovan Nelson, communications adviser in the Ministry of National Security.
Cons Mulgrave is police 'Rookie of the Year'
UNLIKE MANY pre-teen boys, who have ambitions of a career in education, medicine or law, Odale Mulgrave always knew he wanted a life in pubic service. The 20-year-old police constable, who was elected as the Jamaica Constabulary Force's Rookie...
Grandfather, children flee Tawes Pen
TAWES PEN in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, once the residential hub of the old capital, is rapidly becoming an antiquated ghost town with residents fleeing the area in droves. The mass exodus began early Monday morning, only a day after...
Old Harbour Bay Primary reopens
CLASSES RESUMED on Tuesday for all students at the Old Harbour Bay Primary School, following its closure by the St. Catherine Public Health Department more than a week ago.
Glen Stuart Primary ... success through unity
LOCATED AT the foot of the Cockpit Mountains in Maggotty, St. Elizabeth, the Glen Stuart Primary has a rich blend of history, cultural and topographical significance, as it is in close proximity to the Accompong Maroon community and the...
Andem murder trial begins
A JURY was assembled yesterday to try the murder case against 42-year-old reputed gang leader Joel Andem. Andem is being tried for the murder of 20-year-old Lennox French, who was shot dead on Od Hope Road in St. Andrew on June 26, 2000.
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