Jamaica Gleaner Lead Stories
Published: Monday Saturday | February 7, 2009
Slack song ban -
Kartel's 'Rampin' Shop' among explicit lyrics outlawed
The Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica, the watchdog over the island's electronic media, yesterday banned radio and television stations from airing songs with content deemed explicitly sexual and violent, even if concealed by bleeps. Read More...
Teen to be charged with girl's murder
A 17-year-old second-year student of the Brown's Town Community College is to be charged with murder following intensive police investigations into the death of a teenage girl of Mount Edgecombe, Runaway Bay, Thursday evening... Read More...
Painter coloured by courage
Delroy Anderson is known around St Andrew for paintings he creates from his base on a sidewalk on Olivier Road. Read More...
Senate adopts Montreal Convention
THE SENATE yesterday passed legislation adopting the provisions of the Montreal Convention, which was signed on May 28, 1999.Piloting the bill, Leader of Government Business in the Senate, Dorothy Lightbourne, said the statute would repeal the... Read More...
Police await formal local complaints against Smith
Local police investigators say they are yet to receive any formal complaints from Jamaica against Olint boss, David Smith.On Thursday, Smith was arrested and charged in the Turks and Caicos Islands... Read More...
York Castle community in shock over gruesome death
The mood at York Castle yesterday was one of gloom. "We're all in a very sombre mood," said acting principal Esmie McLeod. Read More...
