Jamaica Gleaner News
Published: Monday Wednesday | February 25, 2009
Don't back down from general election, Buchanan warns PM
WITH the revelation that the Court of Appeal will deliver its judgment on the fate of Daryl Vaz this week, the Opposition People's National Party (PNP) has dared Prime Minister Bruce Golding to not eat his words about a general election. Golding had said... Read More...
UK cruise ship to dock in Black River
WESTERN BUREAU: A European cruise vessel is slated to make its call in the usually quaint town of Black River, St Elizabeth, in another seven months, The Gleaner has learnt.Prince Albert II is scheduled to sail from the United Kingdom and will make stopover... Read More...
Jamaica Chamber of Commerce's (JCC) company awards next month
Local companies that have been performing at an exceptional level are to be celebrated next month during the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce's (JCC) annual dinner and awards ceremony. The ceremony will be held on March 12 at the Hilton Kingston hotel in New Kingston... Read More...
Doctors, nurses battle trauma overload - More than 800 gunshot cases hit KPH in 2008
As hundreds of gunshot and other wounding cases flood Jamaica's public hospitals every year, medical professionals like Dr Denise Braithwaite are struggling to cope with trauma of their own. There is nothing more painful than witnessing a patient die while relatives pace... Read More...
School canteens starved
Some public schools across the island may be forced to close their canteens if the Ministry of Education fails to hand over feeding-programme subventions owed to them since January. A release from Opposition Spokesman on Education Basil Waite ... Read More...
UWI student's eviction from Mary Seacole Hall upheld
The Supreme Court has turned down an application by a student of the University of the West Indies who sought to bar the institution from ordering her to vacate the Mary Seacole Hall where she was residing.Vanessa Mason, a Trinidad and Tobago national... Read More...
After four years in prison for rape, court frees farmer
Jamaica's Court of Appeal has thrown out the rape conviction of a St Thomas man because it adjudged that police investigators failed to gather key evidence. The appeal process had also been severely delayed because of bungling in the procurement of legal representation.... Read More...
Prison warder on wrong side of bars
A correctional officer who was caught smuggling contraband into the St Catherine Adult Correctional Centre almost two years ago has pleaded guilty and has been sentenced to three months in prison.He is Desmore Brown, 49, of Spanish Town... Read More...
ACROSS THE NATION
Montego Bay, St James: Seven members of the St James 4-H Movement were recently presented with young, female Nubian goats for rearing and breeding, as the club's goat revolving programme moved into its second year.The project, which was launched... Read More...
