Jamaica Gleaner News- News - Tuesday

OPPOSITION backben-cher Ronald Thwaites has challenged Parliament to act decisively in crafting policies aimed at tackling the squalor in which many poor Jamaicans live.The Central Kingston member of parliament, who was speaking on his motion targeting urban blight...

Neita praised for patriotism

Former Prime Minister P.J. says Jamaica has lost one of its finest citizens through the death of veteran journalist and communications consultant, Hartley Neita. "He was a public servant in the truest sense of the word and was motivated throughout his adult life...

Police abuse, killings hinder crime fight, says rights body

Police abuses and extrajudicial killings continue to undermine the Jamaica Constabulary Force's ability to effectively solve crime, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has said. Representatives of the human rights watchdog visited the country...

Dead Jamaican pilot was star student

A Jamaica-born flight student who died in a mid-air collision in Miami more than a week ago started his ground training at the Caribbean Aviation Training Centre at the Tinson Pen Aerodrome in Kingston. Captain Errol Stewart, chief executive officer and...

Former St Andrew High head girl elected US judge

A former St Andrew High School head girl has been elected judge in the Ramsey County District Court in Minnesota, United States. Sixty-four-year-old Gail Chang Bohr was born in Kingston to Chinese parents, who were immigrants to the West Indies.

Man charged for chopping children

Harrowing news of a 10-year-old girl who watched her brother and sister get chopped by a neighbour rocked the quiet fishing community of Portland Cottage in Clarendon yesterday morning."We were at the pipe catching water but we did not have any cart...