Wanted: 131 children! Slow adoption process frustrates potential parents
MORE THAN 130 Jamaicans are waiting patiently in line to adopt children who are yet to be identified.
Banker shoots wife, self in murder-suicide
RESIDENTS OF the upscale community of Waterworks in St Andrew spent most of yesterday trying to come to terms with a suspected murder-suicide which shattered the usual tranquility in the area.When our news team visited the...
Privacy breached: Flow clients rail against directory listings
Subscribers to Flow's telephone service are demanding explanations at the sudden appearance of their private information in the national telephone directory, produced annually by a third party.
Boyz begin 2014 campaign
THERE'S no desperation for the Reggae Boyz to beat Canada by a six-goal margin this time, amid hope that it will enhance chances of moving forward in a World Cup campaign.
EDITORIAL: Big move by financial sector
In his triumphant declarations of the success of the Government's rescheduling of over $700 billion of domestic debt, the finance minister, Audley Shaw, has been highlighting, correctly, the potentially...
LETTER OF THE DAY - Let overseas Jamaicans vote
The Editor, Sir:I strongly disagree with the arguments from the representative of the Jamaican Diaspora Advisory Board to deny Jamaicans overseas the right to vote in local elections.
Jazz hits high note
Western Bureau: Patrons at the 14th staging of the Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival at the Trelawny Multi-purpose Stadium were injected with high energy as soca music ruled Friday night through Trinidadian Machel Montano.
Allman Town Primary paints for Bank of Jamaica
Approximately 60 of 100 students of Allman Town Primary recently presented a painting, which they did for the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) on Friday, January 22.
Joseph the cigar man
If you've ever seen a tall, cool cat on the social circuit either puffing a cigar or handing them out,...
University of Pennsylvania collaborate for impact study on sports
The University of Technology (UTech) is hosting a team from the prestigious Ivy League's University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) and its Wharton School of Business during a week-long visit from January 25.
Golding's missed opportunity
As I sat in Gordon House last Tuesday night listening as the Prime Minister made his contribution to the debate on the Government's economic strategies, .. R. Anne Shirley
Bahamas rejects US extradition bid for financier
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP):A Bahamas court has rejected a United States bid to extradite a Czech-born financier on charges of plotting to bribe officials in the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan in the late 1990s to get favourable treatment in oil...
Jamaica, NO PROBLEM! Toyota boss says local vehicles are safe
AS Toyota's reputation careens following a massive US, Europe and China recall, Toyota Jamaica Limited is assuring customers in the land of sun, sand and sea that its vehicles have no problem.