Policemen on Cassia Park Road in Kingston 10, after receiving reports that two armed men were spotted in the area about midday yesterday. A source said that the men fled through the nearby Sandy Gully on seeing the police. (Photo: Naphtali Junior)
The Government yesterday sought to deflect increasing flak over its seeming lethargy on the frightening crime wave sweeping the island by announcing a number of old and new initiatives aimed at reducing all illegal acts, from murders to misdemeanours.
General News: Beware of move to remove God from schools' devotion, Blaine warns
Friday, May 09, 2008 ROSE HALL, St James - Betty-Ann Blaine, convener of Hear the Children's Cry and Youth Opportunities Unlimited, yesterday cautioned educators to be vigilant in the face of what she described as a move to take God out of the island's public schools.
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Sports: Boyz get busy
Friday, May 09, 2008 Following a dry spell in May, the Reggae Boyz will be pushed hard next month when they play five international games in 16 days.
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Editorials: The Lyn-Sue Legacy... let's not miss the point
Friday, May 09, 2008 We do not question the six-month sentence that Senior Resident Magistrate Winsome Henry has imposed on former police detective, Mr Carey Lyn-Sue, following his confession to fabricating evidence with a view to securing a conviction for the 2006 murder of 23-year-old Mr Sheldon Shaw.
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Damaged - Love, loss and redemption Monday, May 05, 2008 15 years and I still can't move on
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Red Bull Formula 1 run thrills New Kgn Tuesday, May 06, 2008 The Red Bull Formula 1 (F1) Urban Run was nothing short of spectacular. Staged on Trafalgar Road, New Kingston, scores of patrons came out to witness the skills of 19-year-old Swiss driver, Sébastian Buemie, Red Bull's test and reserve driver for the 2008 F1 season.
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Back to British Thursday, April 24, 2008 Well, you would not expect me to do an international food column each week and not speak about my own country now, would you? British food has unfairly been given bad press over the years. True, it is not considered one of the world's great cuisines like French or Chinese, but I rate it highly when it comes to comfort food. British cuisine is good old-fashioned cooking: it may not be fancy, but it is simple and satisfying. Recently in the UK, there are many restaurants and gastro pubs, posh pubs which serve good food, and which are going back to the roots, so to speak, by promoting classical British fare, from the farm to the fork.
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Jamaica Producers looks to an angel of mercy Friday, May 09, 2008 Jamaica Producers had a very tough first quarter, reporting a loss of J$312.7 million on sales of J$3 billion. Taking the more conservative approach of excluding the stock units held by their Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), this translated into a loss per share of J$1.84 for the quarter ended March 22, 2008, or more than three times the loss of sixty cents per share of their corresponding first quarter of 2007.
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