(Jamaica Observer) The Supreme Court is to decide later this month how much compensation the Government should pay to Richard “Storyteller” Morrison, who was wrongfully extradited to the United States in 1991.
(Jamaica Gleaner) A total of 16,681 Jamaicans were placed in employment opportunities in Canada and the United States under the Ministry of Labour and Social Security’s overseas employment programme during the 2018 season.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Days head of the new school term, a Clarendon mother is fuming that the Glenmuir Prep School has asked her to withdraw her son, who she claims has been the victim of bullying for more than a year.
(Jamaica Observer) Reports have surfaced out of Nicaragua that a Jamaican boat captain is now dead and buried in that country, after he and two others were rescued by locals after spending 22 days adrift in waters off the northern Caribbean country.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The prosecution has dropped its case against the three policemen who were indicted on one count of murder in relation to the shooting death of Andrew Bisson in 2011.
(Jamaica Observer) Police say sharks hindered the recovery yesterday of the body of a 26-year-old Northern Caribbean University (NCU) student — one of two beachgoers who drowned at Frenchman’s Bay in Treasure Beach, about 20 miles south of here, on New Year’s Eve.
(Jamaica Observer) Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sports, Olivia Grange says she is happy to receive word that the Jamaican sculptor, Basil Watson, has been selected to create a monument in honour of the American civil rights icon, Martin Luther King Jr.
(Jamaica Observer) Ten-year-old Sean throws a fit whenever he misses his imprisoned father.
(Jamaica Observer) Just 18 months since the dramatic resumption of bauxite and alumina production at the JISCO Alpart facility at Nain in St Elizabeth, concern is being raised about its future.
(Jamiaca Observer) A wedding reception on the grounds of a popular restaurant came to an abrupt end after a shooting incident left the operator of the music system dead and a close family member of the operator of the facility shot and injured in Rock, Trelawny Friday afternoon.
Prime Minister Andrew Holness, has donated $500,000 to support the education of a young physically/mentally challenged resident of the Mustard Seed Communities.
(Jamaica Gleaner) With the ban on certain single-use plastics and styrofoam products just days away, and facing a possible fine of up to $2 million or a maximum of two years’ imprisonment, the list of businesses applying for a temporary exemption is growing.
(Jamaica Observer) Sometime ago, Orville Riley allegedly threatened to kill his 40-year-old girlfriend Anika Walker if she ever ended their relationship.
(Jamaica Observer) THE captain of the boat that capsized off Maiden Cay yesterday said he tried to guide the passengers to a nearby islet; however, the group of mostly women panicked, resulting in two of them dying.
(Jamacia Observer) Omar Atkinson was among men doing clean-up work yesterday at a section of the house he shared with relatives, which, only hours before, also served as a bar and restaurant.
(Jamaica Gleaner) For the first Christmas in nine years, yesterday, Joyce Leslie faced the festivities at home without the threat of a lengthy prison sentence hanging over her head, but still, there was no celebration for her.
(Jamaica Observer) SEVERAL issues affecting operations at the National Water Commission (NWC) have caused major water lock-offs across the Corporate Area, the entity’s Corporate Public Relations Manager Charles Buchanan has said.
(Jamaica Observer) DERRICK Rodgers has been missing for two months. Family members, living in Georgia and Massachusetts in the United States, fear that the worst has happened to him.
(Jamaica Observer) CHRISTMAS — the time of giving — has turned into one of loss for Patrick Delroy Thomas, a man without arms, whose roadside electronics were stolen last week.
(Jamaica Gleaner) A total of 19 persons have died in motor vehicle crashes this month.
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