Gleaner still synonymous with 'newspaper' - police chief
Commissioner of Police Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin joined in the celebration of The Gleaner's long-serving employees on Monday, launching into a full-scale stand-up comic act that moved many in the audience to tears of laughter. The commissioner was the keynote...
Governor general's achievement award
In recognition of personal excellence and community spirit in the county of Cornwall, 15 stalwarts were honoured with the Governor General's Achievement Award earlier this month at the Negril Golf Club in Westmoreland. The group comprise five seniors and 10 youth recipients...
G-G achievement awards - Fifteen awarded for excellence, community spirit in St James
In recognition of personal excellence and community spirit in the county of Cornwall, 15 people were honoured with the Governor General's Achievement Award earlier this month at the Negril Golf Club in Westmoreland...
Murder convict's parole bid denied
A prisoner, who was convicted in 1982 for the murder of Charlton Anderson, a People's National Party councillor, has lost his parole bid in the Supreme Court.Gibson Bunting, 46, who was a juvenile when he committed the crime, is being held in prison at the court's pleasure...
Hayles eyes McNeill's job
WESTERN HANOVER Member of Parliament, Ian Hayles, is lining up for the job of People's National Party (PNP) Region Six chairman. Hayles, who beat Donovan Hamilton by 173 votes to win his constituency for the PNP in the 2007 general election...
Manchester High produces great scholars
Mandeville, Manchester: Manchester High School, one of the parish's leading educational institutions, may come to mind primarily during discussions about the athletic achievements of Olympians such as past student Sherone Simpson...
AMERICA DECIDES - 'I may rein in spending plans'
WASHINGTON (AP): Democrat Barack Obama said yesterday that the deepening American financial crisis and prospect of a massive government bailout meant he likely would have to delay expansive spending programmes outlined during his campaign for the White House...
Quick action needed to fix US financial mess
WASHINGTON (AP):The Bush administration urgently pressed Congress, in public and private, to move quickly on a $700 billion bailout of the financial industry yesterday as Democratic and Republican law-makers vented their anger over a crisis that pushed...
Palin bans reporters from meetings with leaders
NEW YORK (AP): Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, who has not held a press conference in nearly four weeks of campaigning, yesterday banned reporters from her first meetings with world leaders, allowing access only to photographers...
An eventful Cuban ride
I can still feel my stomach churning and my head pounding, after suffering half-day journeys to and from Santiago de Cuba on the Jamaica Defence Force Coastguard's Middlesex vessel. The ship transported hurricane relief...
Jamaicans awarded European scholarships
TWO JAMAICANS, Evona Channer and Danielle Dowding, will pursue two-year programmes at European universities courtesy of the European Commission. Channer will read for a master's in law and economics at the Erasmus University of Rotterdam in the Netherlands while Dowding...
Crown completes file in Aqua Sol shooting
WESTERN BUREAU: The case file is now completed in the matter against a security guard charged with the shooting death of his colleague during an altercation at the Aqua Sol Theme Park in Montego Bay, St James, in July.When the case against 29-year-old...
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