The National Commercial Bank (NCB) Foundation's All-Island Scholarship winners 2011 Sharie Brown (left), Portland; Norvan Martin (centre), Manchester; and Aneisha Rose, St Thomas, share a victorious moment after a challenging interview which...
Breezes Grand Negril Resort & Spa has teamed up with Warner Music Nashville and VP Records to host an album-release party on August 30 for Reggae's Gone Country, a compilation of classic country hits covered by Jamaica's top musicians.
Eight years ago, Gladys Brown had to fight like a Trojan to defend her life from a knife-wielder who attacked her during an attempted robbery in downtown, Kingston. A detective sergeant of police then, she was stabbed several times...
An ex-member of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) was arrested yesterday by members of the Mandeville police after the motor vehicle he was driving was searched and a quantity of ganja found.His identity has been withheld pending further...
The Rotary Club of St Andrew North marked its 25th anniversary with a thanksgiving service at St Stephen's United Church, Union Square, Cross Roads, recently."We're here today to celebrate the start of our Rotary year and to acknowledge God's goodness...
The body of the Jamaican farm worker who was killed in Canada this month is expected to be flown home this week, following his tragic death in what was initially reported to be a work-related accident....
WESTERN BUREAU:The trial of a detective constable attached to the Sandy Bay Police Station in Hanover will continue in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court on September 14, when additional police witnesses are expected to give evidence...
A St Ann businessman is facing a $288,000 bill from the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) for July, despite not turning on even one light bulb using electricity from the company for the month. However, the JPS says there is nothing unusual in this across the world....
The impasse between the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) and the Ministry of Education over the appointment of Alphansus Davis as chairman of the Teachers' Services Commission (TSC) seems far from over....
A happy family of four drove down to Mandeville, Manchester, on Monday afternoon, preparing for the opening of a new branch of their business in the parish the following day. Heading back to Kingston that evening, full of excitement and the prospect...
The Youth Upliftment Through Employment (YUTE) programme was designed and coordinated by the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) following the negative impact of events in Tivoli Gardens, west Kingston in May, 2010...
The Jamaica Defence Force's (JDF) ability to provide emergency-relief assistance during the current hurricane season was bolstered yesterday with the launch of Operation Jaguar, a joint initiative with the Canadian military.Under Operation Jaguar...
Deputy general secretary of Education International (EI) Jan Eastman says education is the right and only response to ills affecting society.At the same time, Eastman, who was addressing the opening session of the 47th...
In March this year, 12-year-old Kuti Ra Mahakoe sat his Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) and, three months later, sat six subjects in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations - he passed them all!...
Blossom Tucker, like many, wants to quit her day job to do something she loves.This time, she may differ from others, as she wants to make the switch from being a store attendant to becoming a full-time bus preacher....
The justice ministry yesterday moved to address reactions to comments by Delroy Chuck, who, last week, indicated that cameras in courtrooms were an option to be considered for creating more transparency in the justice system....
Jamaica-born educator and current president of the Adventist-owned University of the Southern Caribbean (USC) in Trinidad and Tobago, Dr Trevor Gardner, has been named president of Northern Caribbean University (NCU)....
Western Bureau: President of the West Jamaica Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Pastor Astor Bowers, has criticised Jamaicans, including persons from the two major political parties, who he claims have been promoting ...
PARIS (AP): World leaders yesterday predicted that the end was near for Moammar Gaddafi's regime and began planning for Libya's future without the man who has held power for 42 years....
The governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) is continuing to pour cold water on the newly published Progressive Agenda of the opposition People's National Party (PNP).One day after JLP deputy leader Dr Christopher Tufton...
Andrea Thomas has only managed to purchase five textbooks from a lengthy booklist for her son, Davour Green, who will be sitting the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) next year, and from all indications she is unsure when she will be able to purchase...
AN ASSISTANT teacher in a St Catherine primary school is among five persons being sought by the police in connection with the beheading of two women in Lauriston, St Catherine, last month. The teacher's aide...
Bishop Rowan Edwards' 16-point divine plan of action for the redevelopment of Spanish Town, St Catherine, has been generating public interest since it was revealed in The Sunday Gleaner this past weekend....
WESTERN BUREAU: The Hanover Fire Department is optimistic that a recruitment drive this month will assist in identifying new firefighters to help shore up the manpower resources in that division. "Our main setback when it comes to fire is manpower...
Firefighters in Portland remain committed to their profession despite the limited resources, which is compounded by a shortage of fire units.With two fire stations in the parish - Buff Bay and Port...
