In the Press - Jamaica

Ananda Alert! 15-y-o Monique Turner of Mandeville missing

Monique is of brown complexion, medium build and about 4-feet tall. ...

Google begins launching Internet-beaming balloons

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) -- Google is launching Internet-beaming antennas into the stratosphere aboard giant, jellyfish-shaped balloons with the lofty goal of getting the entire ...

Mandela’s health improving -- Zuma

JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- Former South African President Nelson Mandela is seeing sustained improvement from the recurring lung infection that forced him to spend a ninth ...

American couple indicted for tax evasion linked to Caribbean

CHEYENNE, Wyoming (CMC) – The United States Department of Justice says an American couple has been indicted for tax evasion linked to the Caribbean island ...

At least 21 killed in two attacks

Gunmen yesterday attacked a hospital in the western Pakistani city of Quetta, hours after an explosion on a bus killed at least 11 female university ...

Mandela continues to fight

Nelson Mandela's grandson Mandla Mandela yesterday reported that the former South Africa president "looked good" when he visited him in hospital. ...

Montego Bay's Rotaract Club tops regional awards

The Rotaract Club of Montego Bay snagged five awards - the most by any club - at the prestigious Rotaract awards ceremony during the just-concluded ...

Cops probe colleague's sudden death in hospital

Police investigators are now probing the death of one of their own. Constable Conroy Reid attached to the Marine Police Division died last Friday after ...

Red diesel fuel to flow from the pumps tomorrow

Petrojam Limited has moved to allay fears that its decision to add a red dye to the diesel fuel sold at the pumps come tomorrow ...

Cash crunch hits special-needs school - McCam Child Development Centre facing possible closure

A reduction in cash grants is threatening the operation of one of the few local early-childhood institutions geared towards children with special needs. ...

'You're moving too slow, NWC' - International agencies say commission taking too long to implement well-needed projects already financed

Two of the world's foremost lending and grant-aid organisations are unimpressed by the efforts of the National Water Commission (NWC) to implement multibillion-dollar projects that ...

Living without dad - Slain policeman's family faces first Father's Day without him

Jim Valvano, popularly known as Jimmy V, an American college basketball coach and broadcaster, wrote, "My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give ...

Danger ahead - Economists warn that political decisions could stymie economic rebirth

There are growing fears that power-hungry politicians could derail the programme needed to dig Jamaica out of its present economic quagmire. ...

VCB's fate hangs in the balance

As speculation mounts about the possible fate of Jamaica's Olympic and World champion Veronica Campbell-Brown, who has tested positive for a banned substance, one of ...

Serious business - Government vows that 5th Diaspora Conference will be no talk shop

More than 30 investors from the United Kingdom and North America are among the 500 persons already registered for the 5th Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference, ...