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Bunting offers sweeteners to cops in exchange for wage freeze
Monday, May 20, 2013
RUNAWAY Bay, St Ann — Minister of National Security Peter Bunting, pressing cops to accept a wage freeze, promised he would advocate for several benefits for the lawmen and their families. Speaking at the 70th Jamaica Police Federation Conference at the Bahia Principe Hotel in Runaway Bay, St Ann last Thursday, Bun ...more
Nobody saw death of Islington woman coming
Sunday, May 19, 2013
ISLINGTON, St Mary — Just over two years ago, one woman from this north-eastern Jamaican parish survived being shot by her policeman husband, to tell the story of their rocky relationship.
Joan Brown, then 38 years old, was shot by her husband ...more
Devastating - Student in coma 9 months after bus crash
Monday, May 13, 2013
ATALLIA Williams should have been sitting nine subjects in the 2013 Caribbean Secondary Examinations but instead she is lying unconscious in a hospital bed nine months after being involved in a motor vehicle accident.
Williams was among several stud ...more
Mother denies abandoning disabled son
Monday, May 13, 2013
The mother of a severely malnourished St Mary man whose impoverished condition was highlighted in a recent newscast said she is being wrongfully judged by people who have accused her of abandoning her disabled son.
Laurel Thomas of Oracabessa, St M ...more
Albion residents on intense letter campaign to address problems
Monday, May 13, 2013
Some Albion residents have refused to simply sit and wait for the authorities to notice their plight. Instead, the determined homeowners have formed an action group to constantly write letters, which are hand-delivered, e-mailed and sent via register ...more
The story of Judgement Cliff
Monday, May 13, 2013
The looming mountain high above the Mount Sinai community in St Thomas, at first glance, appears to be just like several others overlooking this eastern parish.
But a second look and a nearby monument add some validity to the story passed down throu ...more
A passion for poetry
Monday, May 13, 2013
Orantez Brown dreams of one day becoming a renowned Jamaican poet, but the only roadmap he has for accomplishing this goal is his hope, aspiration and a well-used notebook of some of his most poignant pieces of poetry.
The need to care for himself a ...more
He stared death in the face
Monday, May 13, 2013
An ex-cop with more than three decades of service is today bemoaning the fact that he was forced to retire early from the Island Special Constabulary Force (ISCF) after he lost the use of a finger and had a bullet lodged in his foot during an attack ...more
North East Regional Health Authority lauds staff
Wednesday, May 01, 2013
REGIONAL Director of the North East Regional Health Authority (NERHA) Suzette Morris has lauded the staff for the quality health care they provide for residents in the region and the commitment shown in times of emergency.
Addressing a staff award ...more
St Mary residents protest against bad roads, lack of water
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
GAYLE, St Mary — Residents of Mile Gully, George Town and Jackson in this parish yesterday blocked the Dressikie main road in protest over what they said are very poor road conditions and lack of water in their communities.
The residents used ...more
Boston farmers stand to lose crops in land ownership dispute
Monday, April 29, 2013
A group of Portland farmers has until tomorrow to comply with a court order to remove approximately four acres of banana, plantain and pineapple from a plot of land in Boston, which they claimed to have been cultivating for the last three decades.
B ...more
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