Digicel gets wireless subscriber TV licence
Digicel and two other companies are getting ready to soak up a portion of the subscriber television market, after receiving an islandwide wireless subscriber television licence from the Broadcasting Commission this week. The licence, which was announced...
Court frees former cop
Former detective sergeant of police 42-year-old Glenford Buckle was yesterday freed in the Gun Court of charges of rape, assault and illegal possession of firearm.A 34-year-old teacher with whom Buckle had an affair for some time had accused him ...
Electrician gets life sentence for double murder
A man who strangled an elderly man and fatally stabbed his common-law wife has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the double murder.He is Garland Marriott, 39, electrician, of Boon Hall, St Andrew.Justice Lloyd Hilbert, in passing sentence, ordered...
Funeral for Byron Balfour today
The funeral for Montego Bay-based journalist and public relations consultant Byron Balfour is to be held today at the Blessed Sacrament Church, City Centre, Montego Bay in St James, beginning at 9 a.m.
UDC selling Jamaica Pegasus
The Urban Development Corporation (UDC) has decided to sell its majority 60 per cent stake in Pegasus Hotel Company, operator of The Jamaica Pegasus.The National Hotels and Properties Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the UDC, holds 71.8 million shares ...
Changes to US non-immigrant visa application service
The Embassy of the United States of America in St Andrew yesterday announced several changes to its Consular Section's visa operations.The visa fee remains at US$131 (J$10,087) but as of Monday, non-immigrant US visa applicants will have to pay...
Computer technician freed of murder charge
A computer technician who was accused of fatally shooting his cousin during a family dispute has been freed of the murder charge. A jury retired for 50 minutes on Tuesday and acquitted 48-year-old Barrington Nesbeth of the murder of Howard Richards of Doncaster...
Attack on women will reverse progress made - Grange
The recent reports of rapes and abductions of the nation's women and girls are a deliberate attack on human rights, says Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports, Olivia Grange.In a speech, delivered by Sharon Robinson, acting research...