Low Income founder freed
A trial which lasted over a five-year period ended yesterday with 65-year-old blind businessman Ben Munroe, a director of the Low Income Family Foundation, being freed of charges of fraudulent conversion and conspiracy to defraud.
Across the Nation
The very popular Trelawny Yam Festival, arguably one of the largest of the currently popular food festivals, will be held at Hague this year.
Man held, questioned for double murder
A man was yesterday detained by investigators for questioning in connection with the double murder of 52-year-old police Sergeant Huan Genus and his daughter Shari Genus in Stewart Castle, Trelawny.
Traffic cop hit from bike
A police constable, Delando James, attached to the Port Antonio traffic department, received a scare after he was hit from his motorcycle while escorting Haiti's Minister of Tourism yesterday morning.
MIND & SPIRIT - A season for prayer
With the dawn of a new year, various churches and parachurch organisations traditionally seek to rally Christian communities to ask God to guide and guard the nation for the months that lie ahead. One such para-church organisation is Prayer 2000.
Modern bathroom at Mina Carr Basic School
The 40-year-old Mina Carr Basic School in Cane River, St. Andrew, seems to be a typical school, with little girls with pretty hair clips running around with boys in short pants... Not so for the children who until recently were forced to use pit latrines.
Legal precedent in Cayman
Legal history was created in The Cayman Islands last month when the Court of Appeal ruled that no adult or juvenile can be sentenced to be detained at Her Majesty's pleasure or at the Governor's pleasure.
First baby of 2007 gets free birth certificate
The mother of the first registered birth at the Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay on January 1, Dawnesha Bowell, was presented with a free birth certificate for her child by the Registrar General's Department (RGD) on the same day.
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