Crime plan clamour - More murders across Jamaica
The Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) yesterday demanded that the Government share with the country its approach to curb the escalating crime wave. However, Prime Minister Bruce Golding is insisting that the development of a crime plan is not the remit of his administration...
Sade reaches Scripps semis
The Gleaner's Children's Own national spelling bee champion Sade Dunbar has advanced to today's semi-finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, DC, United States. In the preliminary round yesterday morning, Sade correctly spelled c-o-n-i-f-e-r-o-u-s...
Walker heads to Customs
FORMER DIRECTOR of Elections Danville Walker is expected to be named commissioner of customs today, The Gleaner has been reliably informed. Yesterday, Minister of Finance and the Public Service Audley Shaw said a new commissioner would be announced today...
Holmwood students on road to recovery
Six grade-eleven students at the Holmwood Technical High School in Manchester missed their Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate social studies examination on Wednesday because they were injured in a motor vehicle crash,...
Excitement mounts over creative ad seminar
The Advertising Agencies Association of Jamaica (AAAJ), in association with The Gleaner Company Ltd, will host a one-day creative advertising seminar titled 'Press Ads that Fly off the Page' on Monday at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m...
More murders across Jamaica
Violent killings continued Wednesday night into yesterday in St James, Clarendon and the Corporate Area. At least seven more persons were murdered, bringing the number of homicides since January to above 660.According to police statistics, more than 50...
Rise in crime pressuring judicial system - Witter
Public Defender Earl Witter said the current upsurge in crime and violence is pressuring the judicial system and state agencies like his office. "It makes our job just more difficult," Witter said while addressing a meeting of the Rotary Club of Kingston...
'Jamaica practising bad politics' - Historical practices instil negative perceptions - PM
Western Bureau: Prime Minister Bruce Golding has blamed the way Jamaica has practised politics over the years for its failure to use creative capacity to make meaningful changes in the society. "We pursue a practice of politics that places far too much emphasis...
Jamaica keeps an eye on Tropical Storm Alma
With just two days to go before the official start of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season, a tropical storm affecting sections of the central Caribbean is expected to bring increased showers across Jamaica. The Meteorological Service is, however, advising...
Baugh outlines relief initiatives to combat rising food, energy costs
In the face of hardships triggered by globally driven rising food prices and energy costs, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Dr Kenneth Baugh, has highlighted some of the initiatives being pursued by the ministry...
Would-be cattle thief butchered
One of five men who allegedly attempted to steal cattle from a pasture in Hibernia, Manchester, was chopped to death by residents, Wednesday night. The incident follows mounting frustration by farmers who say they have been losing millions of dollars...
Port Antonio gets brand-new Lions Club
The Lions Club of Port Antonio was launched at a dinner at Bay View Villas in Port Antonio, Portland, recently. The new president is Nellie Walker, bank manager at FirstCaribbean International Bank. Other officers of the club will be Fr Arokiadas Arumainathan...
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