In for a fight - Lawyer for policemen implicated in 2005 abduction case says evidence will be tough to find
Defence lawyer K. Churchill Neita, QC, has said that it will be difficult for the prosecution to prove a case against the four policemen who have been arrested in connection with the disappearance of two men five years ago. The policemen are to face...
Miss Lou still reaches out - School named after Jamaica's most-loved storyteller
On Thursday morning at the Gordon Town All-Age School, nestled at the foot of the Blue Mountains, students and staff dressed in traditional garb gathered outside for the renaming ceremony. The school is now known as the Louise Bennett-Coverley All-Age School....
Missing baby stirs up controversy
Uncertainty surrounds the continued operation of the morgue at the Mandeville Regional Hospital after a directive from Health Minister Rudyard Spencer that staff at the facility should be suspended. "I don't know what is going to happen but hospitals need a morgue...
Young leaders cry out for role models
It may not be a call many expect from teenagers, but youth leaders are insisting that a major step in Jamaica's development must be the increased involvement of successful adults in their lives as role models. "I believe in inspiration...
'I was, still am, a teacher' - 85-y-o continues to do what she loves
Though Ruth Young called time on her formal career in 1985, after more than 40 years in the classroom, the teaching bug remains and, even today, children still gather at her feet for lessons. "I was and am still a teacher. I taught for 42 years here...
More pain for Armadale victims
Sixteen-year-old Georgian Saunders has become the sixth victim of the tragic fire that consumed a section of the Armadale Juvenile Correctional Centre in St Ann nearly two weeks ago. Saunders, who had been transferred from the St Ann's Bay Hospital to the Kingston...
Government of Jamaica to rescue fleeced job seekers
FOLLOWING INCREASING reports of job seekers being fleeced of significant sums of money by private employment agencies, the Government is moving to introduce tougher penalties for breaches of the legislation governing the sector. Officials at the Ministry...
Supreme Court employees arrested
Two employees at the Supreme Court, downtown Kingston, have been arrested following intensive investigations by the police into alleged illegal activities in the registry of the Supreme Court. One of the workers was held in a sting operation...
Refreshing times for Coco Walk - Drive on to provide more water supply systems for rural St Catherine residents
The often used cliché, 'Water is Life', took on new meaning on May 14, when residents of Coco Walk, in Williamsfield, St Catherine, shouted for joy at the commissioning of piped water in the community, after 15 years without the precious commodity.
Another ward of the state dies
What appeared to be a normal squabble between boys ended in tragedy at the SOS Children's Village in Stony Hill, St Andrew, yesterday morning.An 11-year-old boy was stabbed to death by a fellow ward as they made their way to school...
GSAT results next week
The results of the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) are to be released to schools next Wednesday, according to a release from the Ministry of Education.The results will indicate the grade-seven placements assigned to all 47,815 candidates who sat...