English queen dumps crown, Lovers' brawl prompts Jamaican Brit to give up title
Rachel Christie, a beauty queen of Jamaican ancestry who this year became the first black woman to wear the Miss England crown, on Thursday relinquished her title after being...
Waterhouse gangs retreat
THE POLICE, aided by members of the Jamaica Defence Force, have increased their presence in Waterhouse, St Andrew, in an effort to put the lid on a bloody gang feud which has engulfed the community in recent weeks.Eleven persons have been killed in the...
- Mico opens new CARE centre
- Bullock makes stirring call to action, Points to years of bad governance and the way forward
- Lorna Golding pleased with work of learning centre
IMF accord - moving target!
THERE ARE are fresh concerns today that the Government will not meet its end-of-November timetable for a US$1.2 billion stand-by agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).After 11 days in the island, an IMF team left yesterday with a brief...
Johnson aiming for KO, Jamaican determined to floor American Dawson in world championship fight
HARTFORD, Connecticut, United States: Two fighters with distinctly different battle plans will enter the ring here tonight. But their eyes will be on a single prize.
Something to cheer about
The arrival of November signals the near end of the most dangerous period of the Atlantic hurricane season. The 2009 season has been the calmest in more than a decade, which is something to cheer about in these dismal times.
LETTER OF THE DAY - Bored with sideshows
The Editor, Sir: I felt compelled to write this based on your letter of the day printed in your paper of Friday, November 6. In this context, I view the media (your good selves) and we (the people) as the parents and the politicians as our children.
Morgan Freeman settles suit on car wreck
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP): Morgan Freeman has settled a lawsuit related to a 2008 car accident that seriously injured him and a passenger, according to court records posted Thursday.
Let's Talk Life: Living with a schizophrenic brother
Dear Counsellor: My brother has been diagnosed with schizophrenia. He refuses to take the medication and gets aggressive at times. He tends to wander the streets and doesn't attend to his personal hygiene.
A rocking reunion
Oh what a grand outing! Oh, what reunion! Oh, for the good old days! It all began when members of the St Catherine High School class of 1979 descended on Florida two weekends ago for the celebration and reunion that was hot, hot, hot!
The 2010 Toyota Prado, More of the same
By the time you've reading this, the flashing bulbs will have popped, the champagne gone flat, the sound boxes unplugged and the polite banter of fully 1,600 of Jamaica's elite died down to a mere whisper in some...