Update | Finance Ministry pulls statement on FID selection controversy
Hours after issuing a statement to the public addressing the controversy over the removal of the law enforcement requirement for the top job at the Financial Investigations Division (FID), the Ministry of Finance has withdrawn the press release....
MOM: DEANE DEVALUED
WESTERN BUREAU: Mercia Fraser, the mother of Mario Deane, left the Westmoreland Circuit Court feeling sorely disappointed on Tuesday after learning that only one of the three police personnel who were found guilty in relation to her sons death in...
Charles Town Maroons honour matriarch Gloria ‘Mama G' Simms
AGAINST THE background of a blazing and crackling ‘bunfire, Gloria ‘Mama G Simms stood, like a spectre of Nanny of the Maroons, as a beaming MC Daveai Ellis handed her a lifetime achievement trophy given to her by the Charles Town Maroons of...
COMING OF AGE
A WEEK before the JAAA National Junior and Senior Championships, big performances from the countrys record-breaking under-20 athletes at the World Under-20 Championships in Cali, Colombia, were expected, and the athletes, making their way in the...
Developer urges NHT to spend more on inner-city housing
Real estate developer Michael Lake wants the National Housing Trust, NHT, to do more for the transformation of the inner-city communities of Kingston. Lake, a former chairman of the Jamaica Developers Association, JDA, said the state housing agency...
Diddy acquitted of sex trafficking, racketeering charges
NEW YORK (AP): Sean 'Diddy' Combs was convicted of a prostitution-related offence but acquitted Wednesday of sex trafficking and racketeering charges that could have put one of hip-hops most celebrated figures behind bars for life. The mixed...
Editorial | An assault on governance
The Office of the Services Commissions (OSC) and its legal advisers did Dennis Chung a grave injustice. For if Mr Chungs job description as chief technical director of the Financial Investigations Division (FID) is a secret document, it implies...
Letter of the Day | Improving Jamaica's educational system
THE EDITOR, Madam: As we strive for progress and development, it becomes increasingly clear that Jamaicas educational system requires a significant overhaul. The current structure, which overloads students with multiple subjects, is producing...
Beyond riding...
“Equestrianism is not just about riding,” equestrian Samantha Albert told Lifestyle. “Its about building a partnership between rider and horse, and that requires physical strength, mental sharpness, and emotional control.” Albert, who made hist
Can you afford to get sick?
Take a moment and think of how many persons you know; family, friends, co-workers, who have been affected by cancer, heart disease, stroke, or another critical illness. For many Jamaicans, its more than just a statistic. Its personal. When...
Judge tells 92-year-old he will die in prison for 1967 murder
LONDON (AP): For more than a half-century, Ryland Headley got away with murder. When justice finally caught up to the former railway worker Tuesday in a British courtroom, he was 92 years old and using hearing aids to listen to his fate. A judge...