DPP tackles cop cases - Llewellyn vows to clear pile-up of BSI files by April-May
Pushing to clear the backlog of files received from the Bureau of Special Investi-gations (BSI), Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn has instructed detectives to arrest 14 of their colleagues for criminal offences, ranging from murder to assault...
Two years of 'His Story'
His Story started out as a three-month project to tell the stories of the challenges, failures and successes of Jamaican men, with the objective of informing and educating readers. It became my baby son, who is now a two-year-old boy...
- Jamaican musher completes 1,000-mile race
- Jamaican gets prestigious award in field of epilepsy
- Does my baby really need to have this?
Call to amend scam law
WESTERN BUREAU:While the police continue in their relentless fight to cripple the lottery scam, they want the laws governing fraud crimes to be amended to give longer prison terms to convicts. Assistant Commissioner of Police Les Green, in charge of the Serious ...
Sarwan, Ramdin flourish
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): Ramnaresh Sarwan collected his highest Test score, Denesh Ramdin completed his maiden Test hundred and West Indies battered England into submission to take a 149-run, first-innings lead in the fourth Test yesterday....
- Bolt pleased with progress
- West Indies eyeing victory
- Gardner nets winner... Villa held after Stoke's late comeback
EDITORIAL - A judicial blunder
By the standards of Jamaica's judicial system, we suppose the Dabdoub/Vaz election case has been concluded at breakneck speed if, indeed, it has. Where it often requires several years for even simple cases to be heard and concluded, it took a mere 17 months ...
LETTER OF THE DAY - Putting railway back on track
The Editor, Sir: It appears that the long wait for the return of viable railroad transportation is in the making, or maybe it's the usual 'in season do nothing-lip service'. However, just in case the powers that be are serious, here are a few items...
Joan 'Pretty and Proud' of Jamaican proverbs
Joan Andrea Hutchinson loves Jamaican proverbs so much that she just had to put out another CD chockfull of them.Following up the 2004 'Hamper of Jamaican Proverbs', she has now put 37 earthy sayings with the compressed wisdom...
- Film-maker in island on fact-finding visit
- A riot of poets in Mandeville
- McLean, Beale have big plans for 'Desperate Decisions'
Island Bride Jamaica - Making dreams come true
Every woman dreams of having a perfect wedding day. However, many brides will tell you how stressful it is to get everything just right. Enter Shikima Hinds and Carmel Legros with their one-stop bride shop, islandbridejamaica.com...
- Treasures of the sea
- Fe:mail Ties - The chocolate dream
- LAWS OF EVE - Selling a property without cooperation of co-owner
Obama to meet EU leaders in April
BRUSSELS (AP): United States President Barack Obama will meet with European Union leaders at a special summit in April during his first trip to Europe, an official said yesterday.Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek, who currently holds the EU...