Flipping freak accident!
A 'FREAK ACCIDENT' occurred on the Spanish Town to Nelson Mandela Highway leg of Highway 2000 yesterday, leaving seven persons injured. At first glance, it could not be understood what had caused a Hiace mini-van to flip over on to its roof...

Castleton Gardens - a nature lover's paradise
THE BRITISH HAD their magnificent Kew Gardens, but for Jamaicans, our great botanical garden dedicated to the preservation, research and the dispensation of plants in Jamaica is Castleton Gardens, one of the greatest and oldest gardens in the Western...

Man shot by robbers
A 36-YEAR-old man, who had been a patron at a stage show at ALPART in St. Elizabeth, on Saturday night, was admitted in the Mandeville Regional Hospital nursing gunshot wounds early Sunday morning.

Kiwanians want passengers to Form-a-Line
AS A WAY to promote discipline among those who travel on public passenger vehicles, a project designed to encourage com-muters to form lines when boarding buses, was recently launched. The Form-a- Line project, being implemented by the Kiwanis...

No discrimination
In a recent story in THE STAR, the plight of a three -year-old who was reportedly being prevented from attending school because of his mother's HIV positive status and his suspected status, was made public.

Tap water is safe to drink
THE SAFETY OF the tap water for drinking has been a concern for some customers of the National Water Commission (NWC). Some persons, in an attempt to drink pure water have been purchasing bottled water, boiling or using filters to guarantee that their...