Schizo hijacker - Doctors in Fray case find accused fit to plead, but deeply disturbed
WESTERN BUREAU: Accused hijacker Stephen Fray's lawyer George Thomas wants the Supreme Court to grant his client privilege to be placed in an institution where he can be treated for paranoid schizophrenia. Fray, who appeared in court yesterday, is now fit to plead....
Air Jamaica privatisation close to an end
The Privatisation committee which has been managing the project to privatise Air Jamaica has now completed its work and has submitted its recommendation to Senator Don Wehby, minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Finance. Wehby disclosed that...
Jackson's will asks for trust fund
Pop icon Michael Jackson's will gives guardianship over his children to the singer's mother and leaves all his assets in a trust fund, a person with knowledge of the document told The Associated Press yesterday.The word came just a day after the family...
Bastards! - Salvation Army faces tough decision after multiple heists threaten programmes
A couple of Saturdays ago, the staff at the Salvation Army's Lyndhurst Road centre in St Andrew thought they had caught a lucky break. In the middle of a tough recession, when donations generally are down, they received a substantial gift of clothes and furniture...
'Summits of the World' challenge puts spotlight on Jamaica
Spanish Ambassador to Jamaica Jesús Silva says that the unprecedented initiative of a young Spaniard may provide fresh publicity for Jamaica overseas. Thirty-four-year-old Juan Antonio Huisa will be climbing to the peak of Jamaica's Blue Mountains ...
Better late than never! - 79-y-o learns to read in 'Yes I can' programme
At the recent Yo Si Puedo (Yes I Can) Literacy Programme gradua-tion ceremony in Gayle, St Mary, a 79-year-old man sat proudly among his fellow teenage and middle-age graduates.
Jepthah McIntosh was only nine years old when his father died and his primary education came...
Commission to start review of constituency boundaries today
The Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ) will today kick-start the rigorous process of determining just how it will slice up the parishes into 63 constituencies instead of the usual 60. Chairman of the ECJ, Professor Errol Miller, told The Gleaner ...
First session of Armadale enquiry cut short
The first session of the highly anticipated commission of enquiry into the deadly fire at the Armadale Juvenile Correctional Centre in St Ann was adjourned yesterday morning in just 20 minutes. The enquiry, commissioned by Prime Minister Bruce Golding...
IMF explorations continue
LOCAL TECHNOCRATS are scheduled to meet with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) next week as the country continues its exploratory talks for funding aid from the loan facility. Finance Minister Audley Shaw made the disclosure after Central Kingston...
Councillor's five-year-old son dies suddenly
WESTERN BUREAU: A five-year-old boy died yesterday after reportedly being left unattended in his parents' locked car in Lucea, Hanover. The dead boy has been identified as Lennon Lloyd Edwards, a student of the Lucea...
Michael's message - Local psychologists analyse Jackson's songs
Michael Jackson has died but he has left us with a host of songs to remember him by.But did the world see or feel his pain when he was suffering?Jackson did several recordings that seem to have some form of message in them.