Happy 45th, Jamaica! - Bucknor, Blair OJs - Among six to get fourth highest National Honour
World-renowned cricket umpire Steve Bucknor and Bishop Herro Blair are among six citizens who will be bestowed with the Order of Jamaica - the fourth highest award - on National Heroes Day. Bucknor, who will receive the award for outstanding contribution in sports, and Blair...
Blair warns politicians - Hits at campaigns, abortion, gay marriage
Bishop Herro Blair, pastor of the Faith Cathedral Deliverance Centre in St. Andrew, yesterday warned politicians that the Church will be watching them closely when campaigning resumes tomorrow. "Our cameras are on zoom lens and we are going to listen to the speeches...
Irving flies into Jamaica's Agriculture Hall of Fame
DENBIGH, Clarendon: Pilot Barrington Irving and six former presidents of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) were inducted into the society's hall of fame on day two of the 55th Denbigh Agri-Industrial Show, yesterday. The youngest and first black pilot to fly solo...
Woman on fraud charge denied bail
WESTERN BUREAU: A FORMER employee of the Iberostar Hotel in Rose Hall, St. James, who allegedly defrauded the resort of more than $12 million, was remanded when she appeared before the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court on Friday. Former payables clerk...
Jamaican folk customs and superstitions, SUPERSTITIONS
Jamaican folk customs and superstitions permeate many aspects of Jamaican life. In Jamaica, there are beliefs about everything from death to good luck to horse racing, to what makes you laugh and cry. Well recognized as one of the most religious countries in the world...
No leads on cop's missing wife
WESTERN BUREAU: Up to late last night, investigators were yet to make a breakthrough in their search for 27-year-old housewife Kerry Ann Brown-Campbell who has been missing since Thursday. According to Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Les Green,...
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