Oliver Road is one of the main roads into the east Kingston community of Rockfort, and for many of the residents in the area, it is "the road to hell".
At least four persons were killed and several others injured as a direct result of political conflict in the lead-up to the 2011 general election, while claims by one candidate that she was shot at have been proved to be incorrect.
A brave father and a determined mother last Friday night took the bullets intended for their two-month-old infant after marauding gunmen decided to take revenge for the fatal shooting of another child turned their guns on the baby.
Principal of the Norman Manley Law School, Carol Aina, is pushing for a formalised system of mandatory mentorship for young attorneys, even as the institution she heads seeks to address this lapse by injecting practical dimensions to its syllabuses.
A seeming increase in the number of lawyers in trouble with the law in recent time has prompted fresh concerns about the ethical anchor of those in the legal profession. Radio talk shows regularly field calls from members of the public questioning the action of some attorneys.
Minutes after Minister of Finance and the Public Service Dr Peter Phillips told the House of Representatives last Tuesday that China remained keen on developing the Goat Islands as part of the...
The Cabinet last week approved the drawdown of $147 million from the Road Maintenance Contingency Fund and a further $50 million from the Tourism Enhancement Fund to repair infrastructure damaged during recent flood rains which affected St Mary and...
Fisherfolk in Manchioneal and surrounding areas in Portland recently benefited from a special training workshop on fish handling and storage put on by the Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries Department in collaboration with the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF).
THE DOCTORS said all hope was lost. His mother endured the unbearable news of having a child that would not be able to walk, talk, and lead a normal life.
Jolyn BryanGleaner WriterEzekiel Walters, known to most people in his Donaldson, Hampton Court community as Johnny Blaze, is an incredibly talented artist.
Transport Minister Dr Omar Davies yesterday said he was considering making some concessions to transport operators in respect of the reconfiguration of routes within the Kingston Metropolitan Transport Region (KMTR).
Hundreds of workers at the Central Sorting Office and Post and Telegraph Department in Kingston were greeted with a frightening déjà vu yesterday as once again, an offensive odour chased them out of their workplace.
The search is now on to find a new public defender as the current holder of the office, Earl Witter, is to demit office in about two months.A government source has confirmed that deliberations have begun on the transition to...
MANDEVILLE, Manchester:FOUNDED IN 1934 by the Sisters of Mercy, the Mount St Joseph Preparatory School, formerly grouped with a high school and a commercial college, has, for decades, excelled in several areas in academics and extra-curricular...
SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth:LONG-SERVING AND committed teachers, an excellent teaching programme, and a child-friendly environment are some of the things that have contributed to the success of the Santa Cruz Preparatory School.
FOLLOWING REPORTS that certain Uncle Ben's rice products have had adverse effects on persons who consumed them in the United States, some supermarket operators were, last evening, holding talks with a view to pulling these items from their shelves.The...
MANDEVILLE, Manchester: EL QUE QUEIRE PUEDE: 'Where there's a will, there's a way' is the motto that governs the 30-year-old institution, El Instituto de Mandevilla....
Western Bureau:Renowned Rastafarian elder Ras Iyah V, who serves on the Rastafari Millennium Council and is chairman of the Rastafari Coral Gardens Committee, says he will be spearheading the formation of a Westmoreland Ganja Farmers' Association, which...
THE PATH to Brazil - the 2014 football World Cup venue - is to be made hassle-free for Jamaicans with the pending signing of an agreement between the governments of both countries.A new reciprocal agreement to...
TRANSPORT MINISTER Dr Omar Davies now has his hands on the framework agreement which Cabinet will use to determine whether to give China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) the go-ahead to construct a harbour and port...
IT CAME as no surprise to many persons in St Ann that the parish's top-performing school in the 2013 Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) was United Learning...
A handwriting expert has testified at the Vybz Kartel murder trial that, in his opinion, the letter which was sent to the Office of the Public Defender was written and signed by the prosecution's main witness.The...
CITING ISSUES of institutional capacity, the Government of Jamaica (GoJ) yesterday urged its multilateral partners to give due consideration to the pace at which reforms are to be made to the country's economy.The message was relayed by Dr Peter...
