Hijacked!
At approximately 11 p.m., a gunman boarded a plane on the runway at Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, St James, and held the crew and 140 passengers hostage.Using the staff entrance, the gunman breached...

Elderly couple says 'Yes, I can'
Seventy-nine-year-old Jephtah McIntosh and his 70-year-old wife, Olive, have kept true to the adage that one is never too old to learn, having signed up for literacy classes in their community.

Plea of a 25-year-old man - 'I want my mommy!'
"I want my mommy!" exclaimed Marlon Duke as he sat in the waiting area at the May Pen Hospital in Clarendon.

Money woes no threat to bacchanal
Revellers at this year's Bacchanal Jamaica Road March refused to allow the gloomy economic climate to dampen their spirits as they journeyed through the Corporate Area yesterday.Things got heated for the hundreds of costumed revellers, who took to the...

Incredible budget!
THE PROCESS of examining the 2009-2010 Estimates of Expenditure is over. The next step now is for finance minister Audley Shaw to indicate how he will be financing his $547.7-billion package.

Portland school gets facelift from US Navy, Marines
PORT ANTONIO, Portland:A group of United States (US) Navy officers and Marines are now carrying out beautification work on the Drapers All Age School in Portland.The beautification work, which started on Thursday, includes...

Deputy DPP urges lay magistrates to follow law
Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions, Jeremy Taylor is urging members of the Kingston Lay Magistrates Association to abide by critical instructions with regard to legal duties they are called upon to exercise.

POSITIVE PARENTING: Shower me with love
Four weeks ago, friends held a 'Jack and Jill' baby shower for us. No one really knows when or how the tradition of baby showers started. Research shows that the modern variety of having a get-together for the mother-to-be, a month or two before her due date, started soon after World War II.