A high school in crisis
ALL IS not well at Penwood. The high school, located in a St. Andrew inner-city community, with a population of approximately 850 students, has seen more than its fair share of troubles. Conflicts and fights between students and...

Mrs Carty and the prinicpal
MRS. CARTY TOLD The Sunday Gleaner that it was almost lunchtime and she was about to dismiss her class when Mr. Burrell visited the classroom and demanded that she attend a meeting, which he was about to chair. She said that he also wanted the keys to...

No way, Hardley
THE JAMAICA Labour Party (JLP) remains resolute in its opposition to granting the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) additional powers to carry out policing duties on its own.

Dealing with the healing
IN THE eight years since she was elected Member of Parliament, Sharon Hay-Webster has seen a lot of bloodshed in her South Central St. Catherine constituency. Following the death last Sunday of Donovan 'Bulbie' Bennett in Clarendon, the...

Ready, set, go... - Simpson Miller kicks off PNP presidential campaign
PEOPLE'S NATIONAL Party (PNP) vice-president Portia Simpson Miller, launches her presidential campaign this afternoon.

Running to the hills - No refuge for criminals
WESTERN BUREAU: THE DECISION by four of Jamaica's most prominent crime figures ­ Joel Andem, Kevin 'Ritchie Poo' Tyndale, Ricardo 'Jah Jah' Gordon and Donovan 'Bulbie' Bennett ­ to seek safe haven in rural Jamaica in a bid to escape the...

GUERRILLA WARFARE - No retreat, No surrender
THERE ARE some 17 urban communities where the criminals are sufficiently organised and armed to challenge the state, and attempt to establish their own social order. However, not all members of these communities subscribe to the imposition of criminal...

'Be our partner in the war on crime' - Kingfish
WESTERN BUREAU: WITH MORE and more high-profile criminals seeking out safe havens in rural Jamaica, the Operation Kingfish task force is imploring residents of rural Jamaica to report all suspicious strangers and strange occurrences in their...

Portia panders to grass roots
WHILE NOT able to show the same kind of high profile support that her main rival, Dr. Peter Phillips, had at his launch several months ago, look for Portia Simpson Miller to play to her strength with the populace at today's launch of her.

Protest or perish!
JOIN THE protest or die! This is the choice armed thugs force many inner-city women and children to make at gunpoint after their cronies have been arrested or killed by the security forces.