Student scammers, Western Jamaica students caught in the tentacles of the multimillion-dollar lottery rip-off
SCORES OF students in western Jamaica are fast joining the ranks of scammers in the illicit, highly organised, multimillion-dollar lottery-scam operation, and many of the boys and girls are doing the scamming at school.
FINALLY! The Church and the DJs agree
Some church leaders have come out in full support of Jamaica's dancehall fraternity while condemning the actions of international gay rights groups that are placing immense pressure on many...
- More backing for Buju
- Meeting controversy, Music industry split over Buju's face to face with gays
- Buju did the right thing ...
HEART mulls strategic shift, Training institutes may become self-financing colleges
The new leadership of HEART Trust/NTA, the Government's national technical training and certification agency, appears set to wean many of its 26 training centres off its budget with plans to transform them into self-financing community colleges.
- Get your bargain loans now! Minister urges SMEs to snap up bank specials
- Rates will go lower - Shaw
- Foreign investors edge out J'cans in tourism ownership, Local share falls to 40 per cent
Tivoli seek lift against Georges
TRAUMATISED by the violent manner in which their teammate and national player Oraine Simpson was killed recently, defending champions Tivoli Gardens must now lift themselves for a top-two showdown against leaders...
- JNA reaps huge praise at 50th anniversary banquet
- New JFF mandate for youth football
- Lampard scores twice as Chelsea go top
Place that call to Delroy Chuck
That Mr Dwight Nelson did not immediately have to undergo surgery and is back in Jamaica and at work is welcome news to this newspaper. Indeed, most Jamaicans will be happy at the turn of events.
- Inconvenient decisions, A real danger for a stable judiciary
- Threats and opportunities for Jamaica
- Restructured and modernised to what end?
LETTER OF THE DAY: New killing fields
The Editor, Sir: Our inability as a society to protect the most vulnerable among us is being highlighted and exploited on a daily basis. Our little nation has, so far, this year, recorded over 1,000 murders; nine police men have had their lives extinguished and now our schools are deteriorating into killing fields.
Guinness insists on greatness within its rules
The sound system is the bedrock of indigenous Jamaican popular music culture, playing music made in Jamaica long before radio stations decided to give ska and its successors a spin.
- 'Night Of The Indigo': Breaking new literary ground
- KEEPERS OF THE HERITAGE: Nanny's legacy thrives in Moore Town
- Hollywood gushes bloodsuckers in vampire boom
The salsa lesson
The day Ramon walked into the fitness centre, as hush fell over the room like a collective intake of breath. All female eyes were on him as he walked toward the front desk to sign in. He was Cuban, with smooth, dark skin and a light stubble shadowing his face, underneath brooding eyes.
- SUNDAY SAUCE: Miss Vie remembers
- Book Review: The real Bustamante revealed
- One on One with Ambassador Brenda LaGrange Johnson: Part ii - A life of privilege changed by chance
Honouring Heroes
It was a beautiful day to honour our heroes. As is customary, Jamaicans from all walks of life converged on to the perfectly manicured lawns of King's House to witness the pomp and pageantry of the ceremony of investiture and presentation of national honours and awards on just over 100 recipients.
Compete or
die
Most reasonable people would agree that more than any other nation in our region Jamaica has underperformed and failed to meet the expectations, not only of our own people, but of others who have admired us...
Wheels of fortune
National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) boss Joan Gordon-Webley does not see Kingston's landfill as the final resting place for discarded tyres. She views it as an opportunity to turn trash into cash.
Raid on 'the family'
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP): In the largest single strike at Mexican drug operations in the United States, authorities arrested more than 300 people in a sting that demonstrates an upstart cartel's vast reach north of the border.