Kidnapped baby girl reunited with mom
A tearful Andrea Morgan hugged her mother, Angela Spencer yesterday and wept aloud in jubilation, several hours after the police had found her 19-month-old daughter, Rayanna Boucher, alive. The infant was reported stolen last week from the family's home..
TYRONE'S WATCH - Old problem in New Longville
WHAT'S NOT WORKING? - It is like a recurring decimal. Residents of another community in rural Jamaica continue to suffer from very poor road conditions and a dearth of potable water.
Unchecked global warming will devastate world economy - report
LONDON, United Kingdom (AP): Unchecked global warming will devastate the world economy on the scale of the world wars and the Great Depression, a major report said yesterday, as Britain launched a bid to convince doubters...
Australia eye elusive trophy
MOHALI, India (Reuters): World champions Australia will bid to stamp their authority on a topsy-turvy Champions Trophy when they meet New Zealand in the first semi-final tomorrow. Australia appear the team to beat as they chase the one major...
EDITORIAL - Mr Shaw and Dr Lawrence
When Dr. Vin Lawrence, the former executive chairman of the Urban Development Corporation (UDC), appears before Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC), it is our hope that he will help to take us closer to an understanding of the management...
LETTER OF THE DAY - Facing the facts of political fund-raising
The Editor, Sir: The media furore arising from the PNP political fund-raising tactic and the public attention it has stirred up seems somewhat hypocritical to those who know the "runnings" and have long ago accepted the fact...
Rock 'n' chuckle from Black Zebra
The guitars of Wayne McGregor and Omar Francis cut deep and soared wonderfully, as expected for a rock band, at RedBones the Blues Café on Friday night. And the songs delivered by Black Zebra, from U2s With or Without You to Sting's Message In A Bottle...
Mobile ministers
The practice by some over-zealous Christians to impose their doctrine on a trapped audience, is common in Jamaica. These individuals often board public transportation and as soon as all are settled, begin to sing and preach...
BARBADOS: Owen Arthur to seek re-election
Bridgetown, Barbados (The Nation): Prime Minister Owen Arthur has ended some speculation about his political future, saying he is prepared to seek re-election to Parliament. "After three terms as a Prime Minister...
PAKISTAN - 80 killed in air raid
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP): Pakistani helicopter gunships destroyed a religious school allegedly fronting as an al-Qaida training camp yesterday, killing up to 80 people in the country's deadliest-ever military operation targeting suspected terrorists.
