Jamaica Gleaner News- Lead Stories - Sunday

Sangster mum: JUTC boss says no comment until he reads CG's report

Bindley Sangster, acting managing director at the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), has declined to comment on the findings of a damning report about the breach of procurement procedures by...

Trail of the missing sand: Spreading the spoils

POLICE PROBING the removal of some 500 truckloads of sand in late June from Coral Springs in Trelawny could make arrests this week, says Government's point man on the investigation, Daryl Vaz, state minister in the Office of the Prime Minister.

'Thanks for Thanksgiving': Tourism interests see rise in occupancy level over holiday period

WESTERN BUREAU:DESPITE THE gloom and doom over the tourist industry, hoteliers and Tourism Minister Ed Bartlett are giving thanks for the 'Thanksgiving...

Trail of the missing sand: Orderly theft

According to a source, who claims he participated in the theft of 500 truckloads of sand in late June from Coral Springs in Trelawny, the entire operation started on a Thursday evening and ended the Sunday night.

More rooms for prisoners

THE DEPARTMENT of Correctional Services is creating more rooms in at least two prisons to deal with the expected increase in convicts, if the Government is successful in its attempt to pass six new anti-crime bills, while...

Flat cruise-ship season expected - Tatham:St Ann Chamber says stakeholders must seek alternatives

NOVEMBER MARKED the beginning of Jamaica's winter cruise-ship season, and according to Director of Cruise Shipping William Tatham, the 2009 season will likely...

Softer season ahead: Shoppers expected to spend less

THE BANK of Jamaica (BOJ) is predicting that spending by consumers this coming Christmas season is likely to be less in real terms than the amount of money expended in 2007.

Judge Joe Brown says death penalty an incentive to commit murder

CRIMINAL COURT judge and television personality Judge Joe Brown has accomplished much in in 61 years.