Popular Montego Bay musician murdered - Church mourns, distant relative arrested
WESTERN BUREAU: THE MEMBERSHIP of the Mount Carey Baptist Church in St. James is mourning the loss of their church brother, Delroy 'Manny' Reid, a popular musician and teacher in Montego Bay, who was hacked to death by a distant relative...
Zekes' case was a tough one - prosecutor
SENIOR DEPUTY Director of Public Prosecutions, Paula Llewellyn, said on Tuesday, that the case against Matthews Lane resident Donald 'Zekes' Phipps was a 'tough' one to prosecute. She was commenting on the case after Phipps was sentenced to life...
A happy bunch of St Lucians
ALRIGHT, THAT was it! The wrinkled old man with the block on his head mumbled something about all Jamaicans being monkeys and by George, I was not about to take it sitting down! I was fuming! With clenched fists, I was about to start bobbing...
National Commercial Bank (NCB) robbery suspect to face ID parade
SPALDINGS, Clarendon: A MAN, who the Manchester police took into custody last weekend to answer questions in connection with a daring daylight robbery at a sub-branch of the National Commercial Bank at Spaldings, is to face an identification parade...
Thirteen injured in car crash
SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland: MOTOR vehicle accident along the Big Bridge main road in Westmoreland on Tuesday has left 13 persons hospitalised in serious condition, one of whom has been transferred to the Kingston Public Hospital...
HIV/AIDS main cause of death in Caribbean - report
UNITED NATIONS, (CMC): A NEW report issued on the eve of a major United Nations conference on HIV/AIDS says the pandemic is the leading cause of death in the Caribbean. The UNAIDS report said that 330,000 people were living with the HIV virus...
Cable & Wireless Jamaica (CWJ) rolls out 'prepaid home fone'
YOU DON'T have to pay a landline rental on your home phone if you don't want to. The 'new' Cable & Wireless Jamaica (CWJ) has responded to consumers' intense dislike of the line rental charge and created a product...
Statement from the British High Commission
BECAUSE OF its geographical location, Jamaica has historically been a major trans-shipment point for large quantities of cocaine, some of which is destined for the U.K. and the EU. The British Government continues to support Jamaican efforts to counter...
5,000 applications approved under Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) amnesty
THE JAMAICA Public Service Company (JPS) says it has approved 5,000 applications under its amnesty programme for those stealing electricity. The amnesty allows such persons to be legally reconnected...
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