Jamaica Gleaner News
Published: Monday Wednesday | January 14, 2009
Home sweet home - Ministry builds house for motherless children
SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine: The Ministry of Water and Housing has delivered on its promise to build a house for the children of the late Karen Elliott of Old Harbour Bay, St Catherine, whose deplorable living conditions came to national attention two years ago...
Would-be robber killed - Cops hold one but another flees
Three would-be robbers were stopped in their tracks on Monday when they attempted to stage a brazen daylight attack at Azan's Supercentre in Cross Roads, St Andrew.The incident unfolded sometime after 10 a.m. According to reports, the thieves walked ...
Despite delays and howling complaints ...Air Jamaica says 99% on time
Air Jamaica says its punctuality is now in excess of 99 per cent, in spite of complaints from passengers of lengthy delays and flight cancellations.'On time', in the airline industry, refers to a maximum hour's extension of prescribed arrival or departure times...
Trelawny basic school robbed
WESTERN BUREAU: Teachers and students of the Falmouth Infant School in Trelawny arrived at the institution yesterday morning to find that it had been burglarised.The thieves removed a computer and related equipment, two CD players, paint and ransacked...
State goes after 'Deedo' money
GLENMORE HINDS, head of Operation Kingfish, has said that Jamaican investigators will be moving with haste to acquire the assets owned by Norris 'Deedo' Nembhard and four countrymen who have pleaded guilty to cocaine charges in the United...
Country urged to adapt to impacts of climate change
Regional environmentalists and climatologists are warning that failure to sufficiently adapt to the inevitable impacts of climate change will severely affect the country's ability to achieve sustainable development.Dr Kenrick Leslie, director ...
Church leaders voice fresh opposition to casino gambling
ST GEORGE'S, Grenada, (CMC): Church leaders in Grenada have renewed their opposition to the introduction of casino gambling, following the announcement by Zublin Grenada that it had reapplied to the government for a licence to operate a casino here....
