Crazy gunfight
It was like a heart-stopping scene from an action movie when rival gunmen travelling in motor cars traded bullets in Clarendon yesterday. Reports from the police are that they intercepted the two vehicles along the Hayes main road after receiving reports ...
Cop attacked at Jamaica House
A policeman operating at the Hope Road, St Andrew, entrance to Jamaica House was yesterday attacked by a knife-wielding man seeking audience with Prime Minister Bruce Golding. The policeman was taken to hospital where he was treated for his injury....
Battling the drought - Water ministry, NWC join forces to tackle island's thirst - Communities, schools take steps to save precious fluid
Central and eastern parishes are now feeling the brunt of drought conditions which have largely affected the Corporate Area, as Jamaica's water woes persist. Of 460 systems controlled by the National Water Commission (NWC) islandwide...
He just loves music! - Shon plays bass guitar, clarinet, keyboard, drums, and sings
He might well be the next music genius to come out of rural Jamaica. His immediate objective, though, is to master those pesky fractions in math class. Shon Wilson is a willowy 12-year-old in seventh grade at Trelawny's Holland High School...
Guest editor profile - Seeing the news from a different angle
Bert Seymour Samuels, LLB (Hons), one of the country's eminent lawyers who has featured in high-profile cases, is turning his attention to journalism for a while as our guest editor. Many of us can remember the case which Opposition Leader Portia Simpson Miller brought...
Three more cops get the boot
WESTERN BUREAU :IN A move aimed at tackling widespread police misconduct in the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), three former narcotics officers have been retired in the public's interest, and stripped of an attractive retirement package...
Lyns Trial - Lengthy delays worrisome
Concerns were raised yesterday by Senior Puisne Judge Marva McIntosh and the jurors that the trial of the two men charged with the murder of elderly Manchester couple Richard and Julia Lyn was dragging on for too long...
NEWS BRIEFS
Siblings identified as crash victims - The police have identified the remaining two bodies of the four persons killed in Monday night's two-bus collision in Llandovery, St Ann.The bodies have been identified as those of 20-year-old Ricardo Coleman and his...