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Kingston, Jamaica House
MORE pharmaceutical items will be available for the public health system starting this month, with the signing of some 44 contracts on Wednesday at Jamaica House. Prime Minister Bruce Golding will address the special signing, the first such ceremony of its kind.
The signing ceremony will all...
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Kingston, St. Andrew
FORMER national security minister Dudley Thompson believes that the ongoing impasse between Jamaica and the United States over the extradition of Tivoli Gardens strongman Christopher 'Dudus' Coke is hurting this north Caribbean island badly, internationally.
Ambassador Thompson, who ...
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Kingston, Airport
THE Air Jamaica deal with Caribbean Airlines seems set to take off again with the granting of a 60-day waiver by the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) allowing the Lovebird to fly to that country when the Transitional Services Agreement (TSA) between both carriers comes into effect ...
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Kingston, Kingston
DESPITE the recession, Jamaica held a record 17,613 registered entertainment events in 2009 or 12 per cent more than 2008, according to just-released data from the Planning Institute of Jamaica.
It meant that there was about 48 registered entertainment events a day in 2009 or five more per da...
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Kingston, Sabina Park
A Ramnaresh Sarwan-inspired West Indies beat Ireland by six wickets in the rain-affected Supreme Ventures Sports Betting (SVBS) Jamaica Cricket Festival One-Day International match at Sabina Park yesterday.
Set a Duckworth/Lewis-revised target of 213 off 45 overs, the Guyanese batting maestr...
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Kingston, Kingston
DEFENDING champions John Mills, with a combined score of 68 points from five finals, jumped into an early lead on the first day of the 31st INSPORTS Junior High Athletic Championships at the National Stadium yesterday.
The Ransford Spaulding-coached John Mills won four of the five finals comp...
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Kingston, Kingston
PEOPLE'S National Party caretaker and businessman Patrick Roberts, 45, of Delamere Avenue in Kingston 13 was yesterday evening charged by the Hunt's Bay police for breaching the Firearms Act.
The police reported last night that on Wednesday, January 20 this year, the police seized tw...
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Kingston, Kingston
A Chinese man who offered a policeman $1,000 to buy himself a drink when he was stopped for a traffic violation was Tuesday ordered to pay a fine of $10,000 or serve three months in prison.
The man, Wen Haugh, was fined after pleading guilty to bribery in the Corporate Area Resident Magistra...
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St. Catherine, Central Village
Fifteen-year-old Shanice Vassel of Anthony Spaulding Boulevard, Central Village, St Catherine has been missing since yesterday.
She is of brown complexion, stout build and five feet, two inches tall
Police say early yesterday morning Shanice left for school in the Corporate Area but did ...
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Clarendon, Halt Way Tree
Controversial dancehall DeeJay, Bounty Killer, will return to court today.
Bounty Killer, whose real name is Rodney Pryce, is charged for beating up his girlfriend and threatening her life in the presence of police.
He last appeared before Senior Magistrate Judith Pusey, in the Corporate...
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