Ambushed - Montego Bay thugs kill policeman - 20th cop slain since January
WESTERN BUREAU: The St. James police were last night hunting for clues in their bid to unravel the murder of one of their colleagues, who was gunned down in the Montego Bay community of Dallas in Glendevon. The dead cop has been identified as Sergeant Alan Lindsay ...
More think Jamaica going in wrong direction
PEOPLE'S National Party (PNP) voters are adamant that Prime Minister Bruce Golding's ship is being steered off course, according to the most recent Gleaner-commissioned Bill Johnson polls. Correspondingly, the number of persons who believe Jamaica is heading in the right direction...
CARICOM to meet on rising food prices
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC): Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders will meet this Friday to discuss rising food prices at the 12th Special Conference of the Heads of Government in Guyana. The leaders also will discuss the current status of the Africa...
Parole Board challenged to state grounds for rejection
A murder convict who challenged the Parole Board's refusal to give him reasons for turning down his application for parole was successful on Friday in getting a declaration in his favour. The declaration, which was agreed between lawyers for the murder convict...
EC councilwoman among press seminar speakers
DAME Bernice Lake, a senior member of the Eastern Caribbean Press Council, will be one of a host of speakers at a seminar on press freedom and corruption, scheduled for Thursday at the Mona Visitors' Lodge at the University of the West Indies. Prime Minister Bruce Golding is also...
New senators make debut presentations
An intense debate last Friday provided the occasion for several new members of the Senate to make their maiden presentations in the Upper House. It was the 'hot-button' Trafigura issue that was at the centre of the debate and, as the new members were to find out...
'Christmas nuh nice no more'
Imagine Christmas time without the traffic, the crowded stores and all the pickpockets lurking about. That's the kind of Christmas that many older Jamaicans remember and long for. Driving through the hills of Manchester and into the rural district of Harmons, an elderly woman...
Six killed on weekend
With exactly for weeks left in the year, Jamaica is on track to register one of its highest murder tolls since the turn of the decade, with at least 1,400 persons already killed.The bloody trend continued on the weekend with at least six Jamaicans having their lives brutally...
Parents gambling with children's future - advocates
Advocates of children's rights are calling for clearer legislation to govern gambling by children.Speaking with The Gleaner yesterday, the advocates also insisted that parents must desist from practising double standards in relation to gaming.They were...
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