Jamaica Gleaner Lead Stories
Published: Monday Saturday | April 11, 2009
Dear Mr PM - Tween tells Golding how it should be done; Port Maria Primary School girls cry for help
Primary school students penned three heart-tugging letters to Prime Minister Bruce Golding, pleading for help, plus providing advice on how children can be better protected by the State. Read More...
Living for insects - 10-y-o chooses rare field of study
On a day when most youngsters would either be in church celebrating Good Friday mass with their families or enjoying the break from school by flying kites, 10-year-old Slue Dunkwa Delahaye was seen on his father's farm in Bushy Park, St Catherine. Read More...
Writer cops a silver pen - Journalist receives Gleaner's letter-of-the-month award for February 2009
For five years Gail Hoad wrote articles about the recipients of The Gleaner's Silver Pen Award. Now she is on the other side of that pen. Read More...
Axe falls on culture - Budget cuts affect yearly national events
IT APPEARS that the splash, pomp and pageantry which surrounded the commemoration of independence celebration last year may be taken prisoner by a hostile national budget. Figures contained in the estimates of expenditure indicate that Olivia Grange, minister with responsibility Read More...
Attack on child porn - New legislation coming to crack down on paedophiles
The Government is getting tough on paedophiles with new laws aimed at cracking down on child pornography. The Cabinet has approved a bill titled 'The Child Pornography (Prevention) Act 2009', which is to be debated by Parliament shortly. Read More...
Trelawny comes alive this Easter
A traditional 'Farm Jam', a haunted 300-year-old great house and a two-day yam festival celebrating the richness that distinguishes the parish of Trelawny are just a few of the local attractions that Jamaicans can sample this Easter weekend. Read More...
Mustard Seed option for Ashley - Mother of disabled gunshot victim to be given the chance at a fresh start
The Ministry of Labour and Social Security has joined the Mustard Seed Communities and the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities in providing assistance for nine-year-old Ashley Anderson, who was shot in her head by a stray bullet at her gate in downtown Kingston last year. Read More...
