Jamaican World News

Banned Chemicals Cause Sickness At School (Sat, 13 Mar 2010)
Contractors asked to pay medical billsThe Ministry of Education has requested that a construction company pay the medical expenses of four teachers and a student, who were allegedly affected by the sp...
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Haitian Teen To Appear In Court (Sat, 13 Mar 2010)
Gareth Davis Sr, STAR Writer A Haitian teen who has been in custody since February 12, is to appear in the Port Antonio Resident Magistrate's Court on April 12 after he was charged with illegal entry...
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Old Harbour To Tackle Truancy (Sat, 13 Mar 2010)
Rasbert Turner, Star Writer Children not attending school and selling on the beach in Old Harbour Bay, St Catherine, have become a major concern for the police and other authorities in the area. At ...
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Gang Leader Fatally Shot (Sat, 13 Mar 2010)
Vince-Roy Bent, otherwise called 'Chicken', leader of the 'Webb Lane Gang' operating out of Palmers Cross and other areas in Clarendon, was this morning shot dead by members of the Joint Task Force an...
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Cops Interdicted For Firebombing Incident (Sat, 13 Mar 2010)
Rasbert Turner, Star Writer Three policemen from the Portmore Police Station have been interdicted for negligence arising from the firebombing of a house in Portmore.The inspector and the two constab...
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Man Jailed For Repeated Offence (Sat, 13 Mar 2010)
A man who was taken before the court for possession of, and dealing in ganja will have to spend the next three months in jail after it was revealed that he was arrested and charged, just hours after b...
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Ken's Wildflower Members To Fight For Ground (Sat, 13 Mar 2010)
The members of the Ken's Wildflower Community Sports Club, located on Port Henderson Road, said they are willing to battle to save their sports ground. This was disclosed at the club's annual general ...
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Suspect In Belleville Killing Of Mother, Daughter Appears In Kingston Court (Sat, 13 Mar 2010)
Rob Bradshaw, (middle), a family friend of the two women who were murdered in Prince Edward County, falls to his knees as he arrives at the scene of a double homicide near Belleville, Ont. March 12, 2...
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Suspect In Belleville Killing Of Mother, Daughter Appears In Kingston Court (Sat, 13 Mar 2010)
Rob Bradshaw, (middle), a family friend of the two women who were murdered in Prince Edward County, falls to his knees as he arrives at the scene of a double homicide near Belleville, Ont. March 12, 2...
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Gays Protest Jamaican Raggae, Not American Rap (Sat, 13 Mar 2010)
Middle-aged gay white men tried to stop a Jamaican artist from visiting the United States yesterday, instead of looking at the homophobia in their own backyard. Jamaican international reggae artist Be...
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Gays Protest Jamaican Raggae, Not American Rap (Sat, 13 Mar 2010)
Middle-aged gay white men tried to stop a Jamaican artist from visiting the United States yesterday, instead of looking at the homophobia in their own backyard. Jamaican international reggae artist Be...
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Gays Protest Jamaican Raggae, Not American Rap (Sat, 13 Mar 2010)
Middle-aged gay white men tried to stop a Jamaican artist from visiting the United States yesterday, instead of looking at the homophobia in their own backyard. Jamaican international reggae artist Be...
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Uk-based Company Shows Interest In Jamaica's Sugar Industry (Sat, 13 Mar 2010)
LONDON, England (JIS) -- UK-based sugar processing and marketing company Tate and Lyle has expressed "very strong" interest in investing in Jamaica's sugar industry, Minister of Finance and ...
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Reese Moved Because Of Armadale (Fri, 12 Mar 2010)
The government has given the clearest indication yet that the fire at the Armadale Juvenile Correction Centre was behind the planned transfer of permanent secretary in the Ministry of National Securit...
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Saving Youth At Risk (Fri, 12 Mar 2010)
The University of the West Indies' School of Education on the Mona campus recently staged a two-day conference titled 'Improving Literacy for Adolescents and Youth At Risk'. The conference, which was...
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Champs 100 Tour A Hit At Herbert Morrison (Fri, 12 Mar 2010)
Students from Herbert Morrison High School react to music being played during the 'Champs 100' tour being hosted at their school yesterday. - Photos by Adrian Frater
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'mr Portmore' Tells The Untold Story (Fri, 12 Mar 2010)
Kennedy Reid can certainly be called 'Mr Portmore', because he has spent the last 12 years of his life studying the landscape, the people and the history of the Sunshine City. "It all started with my...
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Senate Tightens Government's Money-management Guidelines (Fri, 12 Mar 2010)
THE SENATE yesterday passed companion pieces of legislation to enhance the Government's fiscal management and accountability framework. Senators gave the nod to the Public Bodies Management and Accou...
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Don't Tell, Woman Convicted For Asking For Another's Silence (Fri, 12 Mar 2010)
A woman, who made several telephone calls to a complainant who was raped asking her not to report the matter to the police, was yesterday convicted by a Home Circuit Court jury. Stephanie Morgan, 48,...
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Ksac's Lottery Licence Request Rejected (Fri, 12 Mar 2010)
The Betting Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC) has denied the Kingston and St Andrew Corporation's (KSAC) application for a city lottery. Derek Peart, executive director of the BGLC, told The Gle...
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Hutton's Forced To Close Branches (Fri, 12 Mar 2010)
Hutton's Educational Unit may be forced to close its education centres in Linstead and Spanish Town as a result of financial difficulties. Director Neville Hutton, in admitting that the institute was...
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Wheel An Come Again (Fri, 12 Mar 2010)
The second live show for the third season of Magnum Kings and Queens of Dancehall will take over Weekendz Bistro and Bar on Constant Spring Road tonight at 9:30pm. Following the premiere of the first...
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