UK lifts ban on female submariners
LONDON (AP) — Women will be allowed to serve on submarines for the first time in Britain’s history, the country’s defense secretary announced Thursday, after research showed there were no health reasons to support the ban. A small number of…
Jamaican gun agreement
KINGSTON — Cabinet has given approval for Jamaica to enter into an agreement with the Organization of American States (OAS) for the provision of machines to provide traceable markings on firearms. The Dot peen marking machines will impose markings that…
Pigs Trotters ready for the Storm
The Queensgate Pigs Trotters failed to capitalise against a stuttering performance by the John Doak Architecture Iguanas on Saturday 3 December. The Iguanas, still suffering from the shell shock loss to the DHL Storm let the Pigs Trotters dictate the…
Five killed in tour helicopter crash near Lake Mead
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Recovery and investigative teams are heading to a remote site near Lake Mead where a helicopter slammed into a mountainside, killing the pilot and the four passengers who were on a tour of the Las Vegas…
Freedom of the press
Prime Minister Andrew Holness sought to assure media practitioners who have come under attack from Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) platforms in Manchester and Portland that his Government support democracy and freedom of speech. Speaking during the Private Sector Association of…
Kids doing it by the book
Children at John Gray High School are using old style lettering like the scribes who hand wrote Bibles to make bookmarks. The youngsters are taking part in the activities to celebrate Reading Week at the school. Teacher Wendy Cumberbatch said:…
Music can help you during the Christmas holiday
During this Christmas holiday when you’re looking for some different ways to soothe, level, motivate, energise yourself and otherwise get on top of your cascading emotions – may I suggest music? If you are a metaphysician and you can answer:…
Nation marks 70th anniversary of Pearl Harbor
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — In wheelchairs and on walkers, the old veterans came Wednesday to remember the day 70 years ago when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. But FDR’s “date that will live in infamy” is becoming a more…
Jodie Foster’s dad convicted of housing scheme
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jodie Foster’s estranged father faces more than 25 years behind bars after being convicted of bilking more than $100,000 from the poor and elderly in a home-building scheme. City News Service reports that Lucius Foster was…
