AMEN TO TRUTH - Clergy praises cop's confession
CHURCH LEADERS have lauded Detective Constable Carey Lyn-Shue for recently admitting to having fabricated evidence in a murder case, arguing that his confession could encourage colleagues and others who have done wrong in the past to come clean.
Earth matters - Too weak to protect
During 2008, The Gleaner will highlight the adverse effects of poor environmental practices in Jamaica and the world. Our focus will include the phenomenon of global warming and climate change. The Gleaner will explore how this affects us individually and as a country, and identify ways in which each of us can preserve the planet for future generations.
'Amalgamate high-risk schemes'
University of Technology (UTech) lecturer in banking, Dr. Neville Swaby, has pointed to the need for high-yielding investment schemes to organise themselves into a partnership of about 15 firms to facilitate their regulation and their own survival.
Young professionals' housing plan stalled
A MANDATE given to the National Housing Trust (NHT) in 2004 by then Prime Minister P.J. Patterson for houses to be built within the Corporate Area, primarily for middle-income young professionals, has come to a halt because of the unavailability of suitable land.
Inner city needs sprucing up too
Reacting to the recent death of 16-year-old Shameika Crooks of Mount Salem, St. James, after contracting the dreaded dengue fever, the Community Organisations for Management and Sustainable Development (COMAND) is calling on Government to extend its 'Spruce Up Jamaica' campaign to communities facing serious health concerns.
Canadian tourism market Jamaica's future?
The influx of Spanish-operated hotels in Jamaica is being credited for re-invigorating the market for Canadian tourists, who have been responsible for playing a pivotal role in the country's achievement of another record year in stop-over arrivals.
Taking tourism to another level
Absent from the CARICOM heads of government agenda for decades, tourism is to make its way into the inner circle, new chair of CARICOM, Prime Minister of Bahamas, Hubert Ingraham, has promised.
Parliament's first-term report: Are you being served?
IF the House of Representatives were a school, Ronald Thwaites would have emerged a leading student in the sittings of Parliament, concluded just before the Christmas break. James Robertson would have been placed in the naughty corner. From serious political debates to the exchange of barbs across the floor, Parliament is colourful.
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