'Polls don't have to be bloody' - Prime Minister urges electoral maturity
Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller yesterday used a mass church setting to rebuke Opposition Leader Bruce Golding for comments foreboding intensified political tensions, insisting that Jamaicans were not "irredeemably violent"....
Cash injection for HEART
Ten Government agencies will now be required to contribute to the HEART Trust, following the Senate's approval of the Human and Resource Training Act. State Minister in the Education Ministry Senator Noel Monteith, who moved the order in the Senate on Friday...
Signs of the times
Despite concerns that political graffiti causes tension between rival party supporters, Political Ombudsman Herro Blair has other ideas. He believes the display of flags and political markings on side-walks and buildings does not influence political...
Five projects vie for Michael Manley community award
Five projects are vying for the eighth annual Michael Manley Award for Community Self-Reliance, which will be presented at the Little Theatre on Emancipation Day, Wednesday August 1. The chairman of the Michael Manley Foundation, Mr.Danny Roberts, has announced...
Britons urged to admit: We were wicked people! -Ex-envoy demands apology for slavery abuses
Former Jamaican High Commissioner to Nigeria Dudley Thompson yesterday demanded a full and formal apology for slavery from former colonial power Britain in a year commemorating the 200th anniversary of the transatlantic slave trade. Thompson, a former Cabinet Minister...
Questions hover over Child Care, Protection Regulations
A cloud of concerns surrounded the passage of the Child Care and Protection Regulations in the Senate on Friday. The two pieces of legislation, which will strengthen the parent act - the Child Care and Protection Act of 2004, drew concerns from both sides in the Senate....
45 MILESTONES - 1983: That snap election
1962-2007: 45 yearsof nationhood Every day until August 6, The Gleaner looks back at significant milestones that have helped shape the nation. Don't miss this nostalgic journey. Following a landslide victory by the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) at the polls in 1980...
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