Child-care worker wins Digicel car in St Ann
Talk about luck! Roselyn Jarrett, a 43-year-old child-care worker of Cascade, St Ann, was the lucky winner in Digicel's Mini motorcar giveaway for that parish. "I'm just overwhelmed; I just thank God," Jarrett told The Gleaner. She took a few moments to compose herself....
Foreigners to pay more for services at passport office
GOVERNMENT HAS no plans to increase the cost of a passport at this time.However, foreigners applying for extended stays in the island, and those seeking to become citizens of Jamaica, might soon have to dig deeper to pay increased fees for the services...
Rush to US schools - Carib immigrants flock to Florida career schools for jobs in health care
Nurses' aides, medical assistants, surgical technicians - Caribbean immigrants are a fast-growing force in South Florida health care. Technical schools are noticing.In Lauderhill and Lauderdale Lakes, two Broward cities with a high concentration of Caribbean immigrants...
Jealous boyfriend found guilty of manslaughter
A Jealous man who chopped off the head of his former common-law wife was found guilty of manslaughter and will be sentenced on February 12.A Home Circuit Court jury retired for three hours and found 34-year-old Steve Hall, farmer and cook, of Cambridge Hill...
Cocaine found on cargo boat
FIVE FOREIGNERS are in custody after cocaine was discovered on a boat they were travelling in. The vessel, MV Rothon, arrived at the Kingston Wharf Tuesday from Georgetown, Guyana...
Bustamante Museum toopen Tuesday
The life and work of the late Jamaican national hero, Sir Alexander Bustamante, will be on display for all to see come Tuesday, when the Bustamante Museum is officially opened.
The museum has been established at Sir Alexander's former home on Tucker Avenue in St Andrew.
Something extra
SOMETHING EXTRA EXCLUSIVE - Don't miss Lifestyle Editor, Barbara Ellington's exclusive interview with Mrs Allen in The Sunday Gleaner and Monday's Flair....