AMERICA - Caraibi

ALMOST 40 employees of the Police Public Com-plaints Authority (PPCA) now face an uncertain future. The Independent Commission of Investigations Act repealed the Police Public Complaints Act, effectively ending the life of the 17-year-old civilian body which was established to probe allegations against members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force.

POLICE COMMISSIONER Owen Ellington has ordered the immediate arrest of a group of policemen who were caught on video beating and shooting to death a man who was unarmed and had been subdued by the lawmen.Following the examination of a citizen's video of...

AFTER DIVESTING approximately 120 acres of its prime lands in Caymanas Estate, St Catherine, the Urban Development Corporation (UDC) is adamantly defending its right to do so.UDC Chairman Wayne Chen said the agency...

OPPOSITION SENATOR Sandrea Falconer has called for an overarching non-discriminatory HIV/AIDS policy.Falconer argued that the HIV policy which now addresses the public-health issue in the workplace should go further to...

PLAYERS IN the education sector have been put on alert that the ministry will be focusing heavily on enforcing the Education Act this year.Education Minister Andrew Holness said on Thursday that the ministry would be introducing the Jamaica School...

APPROXIMATELY 75 persons of the estimated 6,000 facing deportation proceedings arrived in Jamaica on Thursday to start new chapters in their lives.Jim, a certified pharmacist technician and musician, was one of the 73...

FORMER MATTHEWS Lane strongman, 52-year-old Donald 'Zekes' Phipps, has lost his legal battle in the Court of Appeal to have his double-murder convictions and sentences set aside.The Court of Appeal dismissed his appeal...

Approximately 20 students of Marcus Garvey Technical High School in St Ann's Bay who are part of an empowerment programme group, benefited recently from free medical checks by Dr Phillip Henry.Henry, who has a practice in St Ann's Bay and also works at...

Residents of Fruitful Vale in West Portland are benefiting from repairs to the Bath Springs Road in that constituency, which was officially opened on Monday by Robert Montague, state minister with responsibility for local government.

Se presume que la estructura colapsó debido a la filtración de agua de las lluvias registradas en Italia

Se registraron al menos 87 temblores con una magnitud máxima de 4.6 grados

La competencia de motoras acuáticas en Luquillo está paralizada porque los organizadores no cumplieron requisitos

El gobierno del presidente Alvaro Uribe dijo hoy, sábado, que "jamás" ha pensado en atacar a Venezuela.

Le confiscaron en el aeropuerto $21,824 en efectivo

La adolescente de 14 años zarpará el próximo miércoles en un velero

El gobierno chileno de Sebastián Piñera anunció la reanudación formal de relaciones diplomáticas con el gobierno del hondureño Porfirio Lobo.

Legisladores populares opinan sobre la posible candidatura de Acevedo Vilá para la gobernación

El occiso tenía 30 años y recibió siete heridas punzantes cuando se encontraba en la urbanización Borinquen de Aguadilla

La representante demócrata Maxine Waters podría ser juzgada dentro de una semana, acusada de haber cometido varias violaciones de ética, lo que complicaría las aspiraciones de la mayoría para retener en los comicios de noviembre ambas cámaras del Congreso.

El ex mandatario de Cuba reaparece con muy buen ánimo