Jamaica Gleaner News- News - Sunday

I had to respond' - Rescue worker tells how he broke his Sabbath to save a life

THE LUSH, green vegetation in Fellowship district that shelters the Rio Grande belies the tragedy which unfolded just after 8 p.m. in the cool Portland hills Friday. It was supposed to be Eric Spence's Sabbath...

Christmas in Jericho - Silence of the rams

JERICHO, not the ancient Middle Eastern town whose walls the Israelites of old tore down and plundered, is a little community in the cool Bull Head Mountains of Clarendon. Here, the hillsides are bleeding with red Christmas sorrel at this time of the year and blazing bright with the golden blossoms of gungo peas ready for picking.

Jingling on the job

JINGLE BELLS, jingle bells, jingle bells rock, jingle bells, round the clock. Jolly tunes on portable radios are the most that some Jamaicans will experience of the holiday spirit as, on Christmas Day, they will be toiling away at their jobs.

Damming gorge not an option - architect

A Jamaican architect who lives and works in the United States is urging the Government to reject the proposal to dam the Bog Walk gorge in St Catherine. Hugh Dunbar says the proposal is short-sighted and would do more harm than good.

Caribbean briefs

A Russian anti-submarine destroyer and two logistical warships docked in Cuba last Friday, a thumb-your-nose port call aimed at Washington in waters just 90 miles (145 kilometres) from Florida.

Crime wave fuels hanging fever in region

One Caribbean nation wants to execute criminals who use weapons, even if they haven't killed anyone. Another is seeking the death penalty for murderous pirates. And a third, St Kitts and Nevis, staged its first hanging in a decade Friday. A crime wave is fuelling a thirst for executions across the English-speaking Caribbean ...