Amended Gender Equality Bill incorporates community feedback
Members of the Legislative Assembly last week passed a version of the Gender Equality Bill that incorporated feedback from community organisations and professional associations. The Ministry of Gender Affairs spent the month of August working with the Attorney General’s chambers…
Jamaica’s downtown land grab
KINGSTON (AP): Fraudsters in downtown Kingston are taking advantage of rising land values and increasing demand for property by capturing abandoned premises and registering them in their names. “We are seeing a new phenomenon where persons are capturing some of…
Lawyers want to show Jackson press conference
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lawyers for the doctor charged in Michael Jackson’s death moved Tuesday to show jurors at the upcoming trial footage of a news conference in which the singer spoke of performing in only 10 shows during his…
Gunmen dump 35 bodies on avenue
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Suspected drug traffickers drove two trucks to a main avenue in a Mexican Gulf coast city and dumped 35 bodies beneath an overpass during rush hour as gunmen stood guard and pointed their weapons at frightened…
Company hires adults with autism to test software
HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (AP) — The software testers at Aspiritech are a collection of characters. Katie Levin talks nonstop. Brian Tozzo hates driving. Jamie Specht is bothered by bright lights, vacuum cleaners and the feel of carpeting against her skin….
Tropical Storm Ophelia develops
Invest 98L was upgraded to Tropical Storm Ophelia on Tuesday (20) night and it is more organised than it was expected to get. Forecasts are predicting that Ophelia will remain as a tropical storm tonight before weakening into a tropical…
Feds: Full Tilt Poker site was Ponzi scheme
NEW YORK (AP) — An Internet poker company that was blocked from operating in the U.S. in the spring as part of an online gambling crackdown was “not a legitimate poker company, but a global Ponzi scheme,” federal prosecutors said…
Runaway steer creates chaos on Arizona interstate
YUMA, Ariz. (AP) — A runaway steer stopped traffic on a major highway, hurtled over a brick wall and damaged two police vehicles during a Tuesday morning chase that had four Arizona law enforcement agencies scrambling. The male bovine escaped…
Duke of Edinburgh awards signal good work for West Bay
A ray of hope shines from the community of West Bay, as a positive youth group continues to cultivate values and attitude. Despite adversities in and around the district, a group of about 40 young people have committed themselves to…
Gang’s “shotgun”boast
West Bay gang members pose with what appears to be a shotgun on Facebook. Detectives say they are keeping a close eye on the social networking site as part of the effort to identify crooks and prevent further mayhem. Today,…
