Gone too soon - Michael Jackson 1958-2009
LOS ANGELES (AP): Michael Jackson, the sensationally gifted child star who rose to become the 'King of Pop' and the biggest celebrity in the world only to fall from his throne in a freakish series of scandals, died yesterday. He was 50...
GSAT scholars named
Jabari Hasting, of Vaz Preparatory, and Alanna Duncan-Taylor, of Sts Peter & Paul Preparatory, have been awarded the prestigious Scotia-bank Foundation scholarships, the top private-sector Grade Six Achievement Test Awards (GSAT) awards for boys and girls...
Scotiabank throws lifeline to small-business persons
IF YOU have a small nest egg or some redundancy money and a good business plan, Scotiabank is ready to assist you. The bank has developed a range of services to help entrepreneurs who are just getting started and others who may need help in specific areas...
Two new cases of swine flu confirmed
Two newly confirmed cases of the deadly Influenza A (H1N1) virus this week have pushed the number of persons in Jamaica with the flu to 21, but all the victims continue to elude death.Chief medical officer in the Ministry of Health, Dr Sheila Campbell-Forrester...
Agriculture, not IMF, will save Jamaica economy - Golding
Prime Minister Bruce Golding is insisting that more investment in agriculture, not the assistance of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), will solve the country's economic problem.Golding was speaking at the first annual production and marketing...
Tourism centre opens in Montego Bay
WESTERN BUREAU: WITH THE legs of bauxite and alumina and remittances weakening, Prime Minister Bruce Golding is convinced that tourism is Jamaica's hope of filling the gaping holes that threaten to derail the country's economy.Speaking at the opening...
'Mules' find new ways to smuggle narcotics
Narcotics investigators have uncovered another novel method being used by drug smugglers to export cocaine out of the country. On Monday, a woman constable's attention was arrested by a unique-looking plastic dish, covered with cooked food...
Fans mourn 'King of Pop'
LOS ANGELES (AP): Across the United States, people reacted in stunned disbelief yesterday as word spread that Michael Jackson had collapsed and died.Within minutes of Jackson's arrival by ambulance at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, people began...
Jamaica plays part in Jackson history
Publisher and editor of the Western Mirror, Lloyd B. Smith, was employed to Kingston Publishers in 1975 when a young Michael Jackson and The Jackson Five performed at the National Stadium in Jamaica...