Twenty-three-year-old Rushelle Foster — who is on trial for the murder of national senior women’s footballer Tarania “Plum Plum” Clarke four years ago — on Monday claimed she acted in self-defence as she…
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‘This is death!’
SPUR TREE, Manchester — Jackie Dunbar thought she was going to die when her car got out of as part of on Spur Tree Hill during Monday’s oil spill-induced multi-vehicle crash. Dunbar, who…
‘Deceptive and disingenuous’
OPPOSITION spokesman with responsibility for affairs concerning Portmore Fitz Jackson has scoffed at Prime Minister Andrew Holness’s claim that the decision to transform the municipality into the island’s 15th parish is not an…
A message of hope
THE National Leadership Prayer Breakfast Committee — organisers of the annual National Leadership Prayer Breakfast — says the 2024 event will be focused on a message of hope for Jamaica’s future. The 44th…
Jamaican Coaching Icon Victor “Poppy” Thomas Inducted into the US Coaches Association Hall of Fame
Jamaica’s pioneering coach, Victor “Poppy” Thomas, was officially inducted into the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) National Coaches Hall of Fame at a ceremony at the Gaylord…
Former UTECH Lecturer Paul Ward to Host Literary Festival in Saint Mary, Jamaica
A literary arts and creative writing festival is scheduled for Saturday April 27 2024 in Port Maria, St. Mary, Jamaica. The idea is ‘to provide an opportunity for aspiring and accomplished writers, both…
Full election mode
CHAIRMAN Robert Montague emerged from the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Central Executive Committee meeting on Sunday saying that the 80-year-old political organisation is now in “full election mode” and that his team has…
Health system under threat, says Dawes
OPPOSITION shadow minister of health and wellness Dr Alfred Dawes has called on the authorities to move with alacrity to prevent a full-scale disruption to the island’s health-care system in the wake of…
UWI Alumna Becomes First Black Woman Named Master of the American College of Rheumatology
Dr Gail S Kerr, a graduate of the University of the West Indies (UWI), has been made a Master of the American College of Rheumatology. She is the first Black woman to receive…
The Perfect Husband And Wife….4 Lies We Believe
Max and Jane sat at the dinner table at their yearly couple’s retreat. Max is a talker and Jane is not. Max loves to talk but he does not speak very well. Jane…