Manhunt - Cops cut down four in St Elizabeth shoot-out, search for Sacha gang leader
WESTERN BUREAU: Police in St Elizabeth were last night on the hunt for the sole survivor of a group of five gunmen who engaged lawmen in a shoot-out earlier in the day.The man, police say, is the leader of the Sacha gang, which has been behind the illicit drugs-for-guns...
- Colin Campbell explores St Catherine constituency
- New British high commissioner ready to roll
- Cost cuts dampen downtown fireworks
IMMIGRATION CORNER - Qualifying for citizenship
Dear Mrs Huntington: My wife is a permanent resident (green card holder) for approximately nine years and currently lives in Florida. During the nine years, and due to her mother's illness, she had to give up her job and be back...
Hylton hired by victims of AA mishap
More than 10 passengers from American Airlines Flight 331, which overshot the runway in Kingston last Tuesday, have hired prominent attorney-at-law Ambassador Anthony Hylton "to protect their interest"....
- Gov't attorneys discuss Ballast Water Management Convention
- As security tightens, business travel expected to falter
Maxwell confident - Veteran coach backs his Waterhouse team to win Digicel Premier League
Waterhouse coach Geoffrey Maxwell says now that his team is playing true to potential, he is confident it can win the Digicel Premier League. Speaking after his team's 1-0 win over Portmore United at Drewsland on Sunday - their sixth in their last eight games...
- Special Olympics quartet to represent Jamaica in Puerto Rico
- Bruceontheloose 'stamps authority' - T&T racing secretary hails Jamaica-bred colt after Gold Cup victory
- Coley expects Windies U-19s to win World Cup
EDITORIAL - Review air-disaster systems
We have no doubt that the accident investigators from Jamaica and United States will, in time, determine the cause of last week's mishap involving an American Airlines (AA) plane at Kingston's Norman Manley International Airport. They usually do...
LETTER OF THE DAY - Welcome return of graduated income tax but ...
The Editor, Sir: The prime minister and the Government should be commended on the reintroduction of graduated income tax as a component of the revised tax package. At the same time, it is disappointing that Mr Golding declared the graduated tax...
Media blamed for Gully-Gaza conflict
At last Tuesday's Gleaner's Editors Forum, held at the newspaper's 7 North Street, Kingston, offices, 40-year music industry veteran Michael Barnett blamed the escalation of the Gully-Gaza conflict on the media. In a story on the forum...
- Linton Kwesi Johnson (LKJ) to give public lecture on reggae
- Comedy Cook-Up - a bellyful of laughter
- Something extra
Christmas in Christiana
I had heard a few years back that Christiana in Manchester was the place to be if you wanted to experience the spirit of Christmas in Jamaica. I was told that even when things weren't so rosy in other parts of the island....
'Unusually serious' Korean Christian missionary missing
South Korea (AP): Robert Park is "unusually serious" about his Christian faith, with an intense devotion to prayer and ending suffering in North Korea, those who know him say. Now, the 28-year-old Korean-American missionary is himself the focus of prayers...