December 2011 Blog Posts (252)

Dutch Magazine refers to Rihanna as “De N**** B****”

IF THERE WAS AN attempted palace coup against Prime Minister Freundel Stuart of the ruling Democratic Labour Party, heads will roll.

In an exclusive and frank interview at the annual Christmas children’s party at Ilaro Court yesterday evening, Prime Minister Stuart stated that if there was indeed an attempt to derail his Government, it clearly had not worked and “certain consequences…

            Ronald Stewart Nugent

Recruiting Soldier

In Irish history the Nugents have chiefly distinguished themselves as…

The Norman Manley Law School has again captured first prize in the World Human Rights Moot Court Competition.

After a victory in the worldwide contest last year, the Jamaican team travelled to Pretoria, South Africa, last week and, for the second successive year, emerged number one.…

Joyce Vincent was 41 when she was found dead in her home, but she was 38 when she died. For three years, from 2003-2006, her body lay surrounded by Christmas gifts she was planning to wrap; the television still on.

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Prime Minister and Leader of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Andrew Holness is urging the People’s National Party (PNP) to rein in its supporters after a stoning incident in the Central Kingston constituency yesterday.

Holness’ appeal came after he told thousands of party supporters in Gordon Town last evening that his motorcade through the Corporate Area was stoned as it made its way through sections of…

More mothers are being pulled into the lucrative grasps of the phone sex industry. Employment in the phone sex operators have soared over 400%, since the economy has tanked. PSO’s, or phone sex operators have resorted to dirty talking to stranger at night to provide support for their children. Critics are sounding off alarms that these occupations make it unsafe for children and families, mainly because of stalkers or potential criminals…

Brownsville’s Brookdale Hospital is rife with violations and dangerous conditions for patients, scathing inspection reports show.

One 63-year-old man with a history of schizophrenia and other health problems who came to the hospital after falling and hitting his head choked to death on a sandwich while in the emergency department waiting for a bed, and the…

Although Team Jamaica Bickle's (TJB) effort is heavily concentrated on the Penn Relays, our support for our athletes is year round and is not limited to Track & Field. In 2011 TJB hosted approx 750 athletes, coaches & support staff at the Penn Relays. The athletes are served 3 meals per day & shuttled from the hotel to the…

The Western world has run out of ideas and is "finished financially" while emerging economies across the world will continue to grow, David Murrin, CIO at Emergent Asset Management told CNBC on the tenth anniversary of coining of the so-called BRIC nations of Brazil, Russia, India and China, by Goldman Sachs' Jim O'Neill.

"I still subscribe and I've spoken about it regularly on this…

"Fables should be taught as fables, myths as myths, and miracles as poetic fancies. To teach superstitions as truths is a most terrible thing." - Hypatia of Alexandria (370 - 415 AD)

WASHINGTON DC - USA - Scientists at the Institute of Historical Research have finally released their…

MOMS AS PHONE SEX OPERATORS SOAR 400% in TOUGH ECONOMY

Saudi Prince purchases $300 million stake in Twitter

Philippines digs graves after typhoon kills hundreds death toll at 684

CELINE DION BOOKING: A MAJOR BOOST TO JAMAICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

North Korean leader Kim Jong Il dies at the age of 69

RUMORS HAVE STARTED, LET'S SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT! STRAIGHT! STRAIGHT! STRAIGHT!

THE Bureau of Special Investigations (BSI) has commenced a probe  into yesterday’s fatal shooting of a man by the Police on Hanover Street in  Spanish Town, St Catherine about 4:50 pm.

He has been identified as 23-year-old Gayleon Blackwood, otherwise  called ‘Shabba’, of a Williams…

Daily News: Sound familiar? Surely, but this year Herman Cain, the wealthy former pizza man, has made Clinton look like a choirboy.

In just a few short weeks, Cain has…

CNN) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is dead, North Korean state TV said Monday.

Kim, 69, died Saturday, state TV said.

South Korean news agency Yonhap -- which based its reporting on its monitoring off North Korean state television -- said that Kim had died of "physical fatigue"…