Who's hunting Hinchcliffe? - Bullet mailed to Manpower boss
Someone is stalking one of Jamaica's eminent entrepreneurs, issuing death threats and sending threatening mail, one letter containing a bullet wrapped in tape.Chief executive officer of Manpower and Maintenance Services Limited, Jamaica's largest janitorial company...
Awarded contracts under scrutiny
The Office of the Contractor General (OCG) has started preliminary investigations into a number of contracts, which were reportedly awarded for the provision of janitorial services in public hospitals.In a letter addressed to Bruce Golding, in his capacity as Opposition Leader...
Dealers to pass on gas price increase to customers
Motorists can expect to face the full brunt of increased gas prices, which hit $58.80 ex-refinery this week on a three-dollar jump to a new record. That price is what the gas stations and dealers pay to monopoly refinery Petrojam for the regular 87 octane...
Day 17 - 'There was enough poison to kill him'
FITZMORE Coates, acting chief forensic officer at the Government Forensic Science Laboratory, yesterday told the coroner's inquest into the death of Bob Woolmer that there was enough cypermethrin in the stomach contents of the Pakistan coach to kill him...
Calabar bids farewell to coach Hunt
It's So Hard To Say Goodbye, a popular song by the renowned quartet Boys to Men, was the song chosen by the Calabar High School football team to say farewell to their late coach David 'Wagga' Hunt, yesterday. It was an emotional atmosphere at the overcrowded Meadowbrook United Church...
Opposing view earns Silver Pen award
Glenn Tucker received his first pen as a gift from a family friend in 1962, and with that pen he wrote a letter to the Editor of The Gleaner. He was just a young man then, but even in those early days, he possessed a deep interest in the affairs of his country and desired...
Jamaica's south coast at risk
Jamaica's south coast is becoming increasingly susceptible to sea-level rise because of its low elevation (much of it is below seven metres), a scenario which leaves locations such as Kingston, Portmore, Black River and Portland Cottage at high risk...
Foster to act as Solicitor General
Deputy Solicitor General Patrick Foster, Q.C., has been appointed by the Public Service Commission (PSC) to act as Solicitor General.The acting appointment became effective on Tuesday. Mr. Foster will act in the post until the dispute between the Government and the PSC...
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