Justice from grave - Dead eyewitness has last say in son's murder
Anyone who thinks dead men, or women, tell no tales is dead wrong. Despite the gun slaying of Valerie Walker, the sole eyewitness to the murder of her son, Ryan Dacres, her sworn statement to the police - supported by other evidence - was enough to convict the killer...
Brothers book out hospital
Among the nominees for the heart-tugging moment of the year are Matthew and Joel McKenzie reading to young patients, some of whom are wheelchair mobile and recovering from third-degree burns at the Bustamante Hospital for Children...
Big bums worry mums - 96% of Jamaican women in jobs that discourage fitness
Jamaica's women, particularly mothers, have been warned to whip themselves into shape to avoid health problems that are gender-dominant.This health alert comes in the wake of a recent released Healthy Lifestyle Survey that reveals that majority of Jamaicans...
Nelson lauds Jamaicans for Justice
Minister of National Security Senator Dwight Nelson has praised Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) for a decade of sterling defence against human rights abuses in the northern Caribbean island. "We can't deny that they have taken up an important call for persons...
Holness reads riot act against illiteracy
WESTERN BUREAU: MINISTER OF Education Andrew Holness has urged teachers to immediately tackle the problem of illiteracy."The most important thing for Jamaica today is literacy. "The most important thing for Jamaica today is literacy...
Nelson vows to 'crush' gangs - St James crime wave on radar
National Security Minister Dwight Nelson came out with rhetorical guns blazing in an address to the nation last night, pledging to launch a direct and sustained assault on criminals. Nelson, who assumed the ministerial portfolio three weeks ago...
Shooting rattles HWT
Gunshots rang out at the Nelson Mandela Park in Half-Way Tree, St Andrew, yesterday, forcing commuters to scurry for cover during an attack on a vendor.According to the St Andrew Central police, about 2:30 p.m., the vendor who also owns a taxi which operates...
Respect begets respect, Mr PM
'MOSES' Golding, you promised to raise the bar of political discourse, but your contribution to the 2009-2010 Budget Debate in Parliament on Tuesday makes us wonder whether you believe a single word you say. We need not waste time telling you how...
Portmore councillors haggle over overseas trip
Prime Minister Bruce Golding and state minister Robert Montague have instruc-ted the Portmore Municipal Council to tighten its belt by trimming a four-person delega-tion which will visit the United States. The delegation is to travel to Lakeland in central Florida...