More students giving blood
More high school students are coming forward to donate blood, according to Carol Williams, blood donor organiser for the Blood Bank.The programme, which began in schools in 2003 and kicked off fully two years ago, targets...
Alleged priest killer granted bail
The man accused of murdering Anglican priest, Father Richard Johnson, was yesterday granted bail in the sum of $250,000 with a surety.He is Prince Vale, 25, labourer, of a Kingston address.Justice Paulette Williams granted him bail after hearing a bail...
Pedal cyclist seventh road fatality in St Catherine
Spanish Town, St. Catherine: Neville Barrett, a 38-year-old pedal cyclist, became the seventh road fatality in the St. Catherine North Police Division since the start of the year, one more than the corresponding period last year.
Across the nation
SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland: Truck driver Noel Meylor, 67, of Burnt Savannah in Westmoreland, was held for questioning and later released by the Savanna-la-Mar traffic police in connection with the death of an elderly man.At about 10:45 Thursday morning...
Professor Nettleford and the Jesus Ossuary
It is highly unlikely and well nigh impossible that the early Christian preachers would die for their belief in the bodily resurrection of Jesus when they knew that Jesus' bones were gathered together in a bone box somewhere in...
Kgn YMCA mourns death of J'can soldier in Iraq
The Kingston YMCA said yesterday it was saddened to hear of the death of Stephen Richardson, a Jamaican member of the United States Army, who died tragically while on duty in Iraq."'Itchy', as he was affectionately called at the Kingston YMCA, was a...
Gunman dressed as student shoots labourer
Spanish Town, St. Catherine: The Central Village police are searching for a man who was dressed in school uniform when he shot and injured a labourer in the Big Lane community yesterday morning.
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