Danville walks - Director of elections resigns over US citizenship
Electoral officials have started a frantic search for a new director of elections following yesterday's sudden resignation of Danville Walker. Walker who had held the position for 10 years, resigned at a time when there is much speculation about a 'snap election'.
Lyn-Sue gets six months for fabricating evidence
WESTERN BUREAU:Detective Constable Carey Lyn-Sue, who pleaded guilty to perverting the course of public justice after a much-publicised confession to fabricating evidence in a murder case, was yesterday sentenced to six months in prison...
CHILD MONTH TIPS
May is being recognised as Child Month under the theme 'Enabling Independent, Enthusiastic and Successful Learners'. Today, we begin our series of suggestions for good child development. You can help your children become more confident...
Clergyman criticises Lyn-Sue's sentence
Harsh. That was how Pastor Glendon Powell, superintendent for the Cornwall Division of the Open Bible Churches, yesterday described Constable Carey Lyn-Sue's six-month sentence. Lyn-Sue was sentenced for perverting the course of public justice...
... Mixed views in Montego Bay
There were mixed views on the streets of Montego Bay, St James, yesterday, about the six-month sentence handed down to Constable Carey Lyn-Sue, who was convicted in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court on a charge of perverting the course of public justice...
Cuban aid still intact
HAVANA, Cuba: The Cuban government will continue to offer technical aid and other forms of assistance to Jamaica, despite the questions surrounding the contro-versial light-bulb distribution programme. Hundreds of the four million energy-saving bulbs...
Student wants safer environs for teachers
Maurice Smith, a student at Manchester High School, is demanding a safer environment for the island's teachers. He has also called for a significant increase in their salaries. Smith was addressing The Gleaner's annual teachers' appreciation luncheon...
Dismal future if Jamaican youths fail to excel - PM
With up to 53,000 young people leaving the education sector every year with minimum or less qualifications, Prime Minister Bruce Golding stressed that a systemic overhaul was necessary to facilitate every child's capacity to learn. "We are getting to a stage...
Cruising on the Nile
One of the best ways to visit the ancient monuments of Egypt is by taking a four- or six-day cruise on any of the more than 300 boats which travel the Nile back and forth between Luxor and Aswan. The tour starts from either city, docking at towns in-between...
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