No roving in Trafalgar traffic
Of course, nobody likes to get caught in traffic, but for Milford Winchester, a 73-year-old shop owner from Linstead in St Catherine, the experience was downright traumatic."Is bout 12 year now mi nuh travel inna motor vehicle, yuh know! Mi usually trouble wid di asthma...
Mixed views on Obama's nomination
PARLIAMENT ON Tuesday commented on the historic feat of Barack Obama, the Democratic Party's presumptive nominee for the United States presidential vote, with Opposition member Anthony Hylton viewing the developments as positive for the Caribbean....
Community policing should harvest benefits next year
Assistant Commissioner of Police John McLean, head of the constabulary's Community Safety and Security Branch, believes the force's latest community policing thrust should have a positive impact on crime within one year of its implementation...
Brazilian envoy in Jamaica to promote trade, culture
Newly appointed Brazilian ambassador to Jamaica, Alexandre Gueriros, while still trying to settle into his new role, will continue to promote trade between the two countries.On a recent visit to The Gleaner headquarters on North Street, Kingston, Gueriros, who arrived in the island...
Ministry moves to clear case backlog
The Ministry of Justice will be accelerating planned strategies to reduce the case pile up in the criminal division of the Supreme Court, a statement issued Tuesday read.Cabinet, at its recent sitting, gave approval to several wide-ranging proposals to...
Dead on the money - Funeral home to pay out $1.8m in damages
The Spanish Town Funeral Home has been ordered to pay $1.8 million to Elaine Dotting (now deceased) for negligence arising from the badly decomposed body of her husband which was given for storage.Justice Kay Beckford assessed damages Tuesday in the Supreme Court...
A call to father the fatherless
As Father's Day approaches, many men are mourning the deaths of their sons and daughters. Here in Jamaica, murders and road fata-lities continue to plunder our male population. Hundreds of children are fatherless, several women being rendered single moms...
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