Jamaica Gleaner Lead Stories
Published: Monday Sunday | March 8, 2009
Generation Lost - I WANT TO GROW UP!
WITH WELL over 2,000 children and young adults murdered in Jamaica over the past five years, at an average of more than 400 per year, Jamaica is undoubtedly on a path to self-destruction, experts agree. "What we are doing to ourselves is self-destructive," comments anthropologist Dr Herbert Gayle. "This is what we call social suicide!" Read More...
Mega ammo probe at JRA
A SHIPMENT of more than half a million rounds of ammunition, being imported by the Jamaica Rifle Association (JRA) gun club in St Andrew, has been ordered detained by the Government, pending an audit of the club's facility by the Firearm Licensing Authority (FLA). Read More...
West Portland hotly contested - A must-win, says PNP We're taking nothing for granted, says JLP
THE OPPOSITION People's National Party (PNP) has attached great importance to winning West Portland in the March 23 by-election, with president Portia Simpson Miller describing the contest as a "must-win" for the party. Read More...
Generation Lost - GSAT dreams shattered
ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD Aamir Scott of Sandside, St Mary, aspired to be a policeman or a judge some day. Ten-year-old Stacey-Ann Clarke had similar big dreams. Like Aamir, she maintained an 'A' average throughout her short academic life. Two bright, young children; two violent deaths. Read More...
Independent schools struggling ... Some teachers sent home, parents pulling children
THE EFFECTS of the global economic meltdown have dealt a severe blow to scores of independent schools in Jamaica, with more than 50 currently facing serious financial problems. This has forced many of the schools to send home teachers... Read More...
Pastor counts blessings
HE NOW leads the 260,000-member West Indies Union (WIU) Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, but Pastor Derek Bignall has not forgotten the persons who gave him a helping hand when he was a poor lad struggling to attain an education. Read More...
