Entrapment! - Buju's lawyers claim he was set up; demand details on the police source
Lawyers representing dancehall star Buju Banton, real name Mark Myrie, have filed a motion in court demanding the naming of the confidential source who is a key part of the case against the Jamaican. The lawyers are using an entrapment defence as they try to get Buju freed...
- Owen in the driver's seat
- It's been his destiny - Ellington men knew ACP would become a force to reckon with
- The night that still haunts - Killancholy triple murder on the lips of residents five years later
We are all connected
Hi neighbour! If you have been reading this column from day one, with a memory a little better than mine, you would recall that in my third instalment I said when we speak of 'neighbours', we speak of everyone everywhere, not just the person who lives...
- New project to rescue Spanish Town youths
- PICA Corner - Abandoned, with no proof of identity, but seeking lifeline
- Bugger denied - Faces five years in the slammer
US$1b rescue fund for financial sector - Size of FSSF surprises players
The Bruce Golding administration has called for a US$1-billion (J$90 billion) rescue fund for the financial sector, the size of which has sparked concerns about the health of Jamaica's investment houses, including its smaller players...
- Guardsman enters pest control market - To distribute Orkin products under exclusive franchise
- SVL gaming lounge, sports betting centre for Portmore
- Debit transactions undaunted by economic downturn - Spend slowed in December, but held steady for 2009
'It will only get tougher' - Jamaica coach warns of difficulties in upcoming matches
WITH THREE matches to go in the WICB Regional Four-day Championship, Jamaica's captain Tamar Lambert and coach Junior Bennett believe that there is still a lot of work to be done if they are to crown themselves champions for a record three years in a row...
EDITORIAL - Panday must just go
Having suffered a heavy defeat by Kamla Persad-Bissessar in the challenge to his leadership of Trinidad and Tobago's United National Congress (UNC), Basdeo Panday should do the moral thing and resign as leader of the parliamentary opposition, lest he...
LETTER OF THE DAY - Why demolish the FINSAC enquiry?
The Editor, Sir:Why is it that certain people and companies and the lawyers representing them want to derail the FINSAC commission of enquiry at any cost?Is it because Jamaicans who have been 'FINSAC'd' and had their...
Jazz and Blues Festival launch - a blast
The launch of the 2010 Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel on Sunday was, in common parlance, "a blast."That term should be taken both figuratively and literally. There was much fine music by classy artistes...
Plan ahead for disasters
The recent earthquake in Haiti reminds us of our vulnerability to catastrophes in these island nations. The desperate situation in our sister nation should be a trigger for us to prepare for any eventuality. Everyone should make plans for times of turmoil....
HAITI - Haiti's homeless plead for tents after earthquake
Haiti (AP): The dusty football field lined with spacious tents is an oasis for earthquake survivors among Haiti's homeless sheltering by the hundreds of thousands in squalid camps. Competition for the canvas homes has boiled into arguments...
IRAQ - Suicide bomber kills 21
BAGHDAD (AP):A suicide car bomber struck a police crime lab in central Baghdad yesterday Tuesday, killing at least 21 people and injuring dozens a day after suicide attacks hit several hotels favoured by Western journalists...