Montego Bay couple slain - Murder in full view of 3-y-o
WESTERN BUREAU: Anger, shock and emotion came to a boil in Seaview Heights in Flankers yesterday when residents woke to hear that three persons had been shot, two fatally. Family members and residents could not come to terms with the news that Cecil 'Jimmy' Spence, 49...
Churches to pray for peace at polls
WHILE SOME churches have not wholeheartedly heeded the Prime Minister's call for seven days of prayer and fasting from July 31 to August 6, the Hands Across Jamaica for Righteousness group and several church leaders have agreed to come together today...
University of the West Indies (UWI) math camp a big plus for high schoolers
A GROUP of University of the West Indies (UWI) students and affiliates has made understanding mathematics easier for at least 40 high-school students.The tertiary group, led by former president of the Guild of Students, Damion Crawford, recently staged...
Lead levels still high in rural kids
Rural area children are showing unacceptably high levels of lead concentration in their bodies, despite the fact that there are no obvious sources of lead existing in some of these parishes.This was revealed by the 'First National Report on Chemicals in the Jamaican Environment...
Timbaland closes Rihanna's 'Umbrella'
LONDON (Reuters): American producer and rapper Timbaland has knocked R&B singer Rihanna off the top of the pop charts after 10 weeks, the Official United Kingdom Charts Company said yesterday. His collaboration with Keri Hilson and New York rapper D.O.E...
Lifeguard's body found
WESTERN BUREAU: The mystery surrounding the disappearance of 25-year-old life-guard Barrian Authurs came to a bizarre end when his body was discovered stuffed in a pipe on the premises of the Kool Runnings Water Park in Negril yesterday...
Still hear wedding bells? Maybe it's your genes
LONDON, England (Reuters): Weddings and other big events are the stuff of memories. Now researchers have found a genetic change that makes some people remember them better than others. The findings, published yesterday in the journal Nature Neuroscience...
Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) set to launch manifesto today
The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) will launch its 2007 manifesto this afternoon at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston.The launch of the manifesto comes less than one week before Nomination Day, August 7, and exactly four weeks before the general election...
Protruding Labourite killed in motorcade
A supporter of the Jamaica Labour Party was killed in a motor vehicle accident in St. Elizabeth yesterday afternoon. According to the Constabulary Communication Network, 47-year-old Lloyd Richards was protruding from a minibus when his head was smashed...
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