They are on top! - Track coaches, Administrators get Gleaner 'Man of the Year' Award
Eight hard-working men, who in their posts as coaches and administrators helped create some of the most memorable moments in Jamaica's sporting history, were yesterday given the recognition they deserve when they were recognised...
Recognising excellence...
Yesterday, the Gleaner Company recognised some of Jamaica's most outstanding individuals when the newspaper presented them with its prestigious Honour Award. Asafa Powell was recognised for his achievements in sports...
NAJ head hits back at 'self-righteous' medics
President of the Nurses Association of Jamaica (NAJ), Edith Allwood-Anderson, has labelled as "self-righteous" the reactions of doctors to her recent suggestion that there is a disturbing number of medical prescription errors being made at health faciliti
Golding woos uncommitted voters
With general elections constitutionally due by October 2007, the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) is increasing the tempo as it targets a critical group that could decide who holds the reins of government after the polls.
Five held for family massacre in St James
WESTERN BUREAU: Five suspects have been detained in connection with the murder of four members of a St. James family and the wounding of three others during an attack in Retirement, St. James, on the weekend.
Cops seize gun, sword and portable radio
SPANISH TOWN, St. Catherine: The St. Catherine North police yesterday launched a search for two men from the Duncans Pen community after the seizure of a multi-channel portable radio, a high-powered handgun and a sword from gunmen on Friday.
Man kills wife, police recover body parts
WESTERN BUREAU: A 42-year-old St. James accountant has been charged with the murder of his wife, whose body parts were recovered from a pit latrine and an incinerator on the Lucea Primary School compound in Hanover yesterday.
Increased patrols off Red Hills Road
POLICE have intensified their patrol in the troubled Common Sense area, off Red Hills Road, St. Andrew, following the shooting deaths of four persons and injuring of six others by gunmen Sunday morning.
US Embassy to close on Thursday
The United States Embassy in Kingston will be closed on Thursday in observance of Thanksgiving Day, which is a public holiday in the United States. The Consular Section, Inform-ation Resource Center, USAID and U.S. Peace Corps offices...
Flash flood watch on
A flash flood warning was put into effect for the island yesterday as heavy rains continued to pelt several parishes. According to the Meteoro-logical Service at the Norman Manley International Airport, the weather conditions...
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