Turbulence! Air Jamaica president resigns - Workers say he was forced out
Tensions are now running high among the staff at Air Jamaica following the shocking and immediate resignation of president Mike Conway yesterday. Workers at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay last night walked off the job, shutting down the airport...
Lucky Dube shot dead
Reggae musician Lucky Dube was shot dead in a hijacking yesterday in Rosettenville, Johannesburg, South Africa, police say. The report of the singer's death was published yesterday by the Independent online, an Internet-based news site.
Ministers on business in US
Four government ministers are in the United States this week on official business. They are Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Dr. Kenneth Baugh; Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Audley Shaw; Minister without Portfolio...
Landslide leaves family homeless
This section of the Leith Hall main road in St.Thomas, was left homeless yesterday when a massive landslide destroyed the three-bedroom house in which they lived. A 14-year-old girl, who was visiting the home at the time of the incident, which occurred at approximately 8:00 a.m...
Pakistan blasts kill 115 as Bhutto returns
KARACHI (Reuters)A suspected suicide bomber killed at least 115 people yesterday in an attack targeting a vehicle carrying former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto through Karachi on her return from eight years in exile. Officials said Bhutto was unhurt ...
'A ridiculous statement' - Nobel-prize winning scientist under fire for racist remark
Jamaicans yesterday dismissed claims made by DNA pioneer Dr. James Watson that black people are less intelligent than whites. In an article published in the Sunday Times in England, the 79-year-old geneticist said he was "inherently gloomy about the prospect of Africa"...
Clarity sought on Charles ultimatum
A day after Minister of Labour and Social Security Pearnel Charles gave a 10-day ultimatum to foreign workers to become registered or be shipped out, several queries have been directed at the ministry. Alvin McIntosh, Permanent Secretary at the ministry...
Several attempts made to revive him - Nurse
A REGISTERED nurse yesterday told the coroner's inquest into the death of former Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer, that several attempts were made to revive him prior to the arrival of an ambulance at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel, where his body was found on March 18....
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