Chinese Vice Premier arrives in Kingston
The vice-premier of the People’s Republic of China, His Excellency Hui Liangyu has arrived at the Norman Manley International Airport for several official engagements. Hui arrived in Montego Bay Sunday (18) to start his four-day working visit to Jamaica. At…
Princess Margaret sewage system concerns MP
Dr. Fenton Ferguson, Jamaica’s Opposition Spokesman on Health, has asserted that the Princess Margaret Hospital’s non-functioning sewage system poses a serious health risk and needs to be addressed immediately. Ferguson, who is also the Member of Parliament for eastern St….
Jamaican Government to set up child treatment centre
Youth minister Olivia Grange disclosed the Government is intensifying efforts to establish a Child Assessment and Treatment Centre. The centre will provide acute trauma treatment, specialised evaluations, psychotherapy, behavioural modification as well as counselling services for children. Grange said the…
Grandparents with webcam become new online stars
McMINNVILLE, Ore. (AP) — It slowly began to dawn on Esther and Bruce Huffman that perhaps they were being filmed. “Warning,” the gray-haired, bespectacled grandmother reads off the screen. “You must stop recording before trying to close cyber link.” Pause….
Texas execution halted amid Supreme Court review
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A black man convicted of a double murder in Texas 16 years ago was at least temporarily spared from lethal injection when the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review his lawyers’ claims that race played an…
Jamaican PM’s mother passes
Enid Louise Golding, the mother of Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding, died this week at age 91. Dr Trevor Golding, the eldest of her three children said his mother died from pneumonia. An educator who taught at the elementary and…
Jamaica: Gov’t to sign anti-crime pacts with Cuba
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Jamaica’s top security official announced Tuesday that he will lead a delegation to Cuba this week to sign agreements strengthening cooperation against drug trafficking and other crimes. Security Minister Dwight Nelson said the pacts are intended…
Lawyers claim alleged IRA dissident was framed
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — The Lithuanian lawyer for an Irishman accused of trying to purchase and smuggle weaponry for the Real IRA told a court Friday that Michael Campbell was a victim of entrapment orchestrated by Britain’s intelligence service. Campbell,…
Paul McCartney, Nancy Shevell to wed in London
LONDON (AP) — Sir Paul McCartney is set to tie the knot at the venue where he first married more than 40 years ago. Officials said Friday that the former Beatle and fiancee Nancy Shevell have posted a notice of…
Man accused of biting off man’s eyebrow in fight
BUENA PARK, Calif. (AP) — Authorities in Southern California say a man bit off another man’s eyebrow during a fight at a house party, chewed it up and spat it out. The Los Angeles Times reports that 29-year-old Luis Miguel…