Jamaica Gleaner News
Published: Monday Sunday | February 8, 2009
'I believed in David' - Olint investors losing hope
THE RECENT arrest of Olint boss David Smith has shaken the faith of some investors who remained faithful to the faltering investment scheme and their embattled financial 'messiah'. Read More...
Mound maniacs rally 'round Windies
IT WAS an ecstatic cross between the nostalgia experienced on a happy day at primary school and the United States presidential election and Mound maniacs rode the feverish tide of a revitalised West Indies at Sabina Park yesterday. Read More...
Gang feuds fuelling murders - Fridays, Saturdays are dangerous days
MOST OF the murders committed in Jamaica last year were what the police have described as gang-related incidents. "Reprisals and revenge were the main motives," says Assistant Commissioner Les Green. "If we are slow in reacting, then these killings will continue. We have to apprehend the suspects. This is something that has worked." Read More...
Fuss about Allen's appointment unfounded, says Cooke
Former Governor general, Sir Howard Cooke, has rubbished criticisms of the appointment of Dr Patrick Allen as Jamaica's proxy head of state, labelling claims of a blurring of the lines between Church and State as unfounded. Read More...
A dozen stories of inspiration - A lifelong lesson for 'Boasty Boy'
LARKLAND WILLIAMS is, as he calls himself, a self-made man. He started out as an illi-terate carpenter in St Mary, struggled as a busboy in Montego Bay, waited in restaurants and on cruise ships, and eventually settled as a tour guide at Caribic Vacations, where he worked for 20 years. Read More...
Jamaican woman to head bauxite plant for first time
ONE WEEK after slashing its workforce by 150 and amid upheavals and uncertainty in the local and international bauxite sector, St Ann Jamaica Bauxite Partners Limited, Discovery Bay, St Ann, has appointed Pansy Johnson as its general manager. Read More...
Obama recovery plan on track
President Barack Obama's economic recovery plan is on track to be passed by the Senate after a handful of moderate Republicans and Democrats forced more than $100 billion in cuts in programmes they said wouldn't create many jobs right away. Read More...
