Jamaica Gleaner Lead Stories
Published: Monday Monday | May 4, 2009
Moms not mum - Group puts talk into action, crusades to skill wayward youths
Pauline Donald's conviction that she can make a difference has sparked a fiery resolve to empower Jamaican youths to abandon crime and learn viable job skills. "We are fighting a spiritual war for the betterment of the young generation," declared Donald, as she glanced...
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Bite-size chef
Roasted and baked chicken, lobster, shrimp kebabs, you name it, 12-year-old Cairo Phillips can prepare it. The talented youngster is even in the process of completing a recipe book, which will be packed solely with her signature dishes... Read More...
Shaw gets help
Arthur Williams, the former minister of state in the Ministry of National Security, is now a state minister in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service. Williams' transfer comes effect today. In a statement yes-terday, Jamaica House said Williams... Read More...
Mountain View flares up again
It was a roadblock within a roadblock yesterday afternoon as residents of lower Mountain View Avenue used debris to block sections of the thoroughfare in protest against what they described as the unlawful shooting of two men in the community... Read More...
Businesswoman slain
Fifty-year-old business-woman Merlene McDonald was brutally gunned down by unknown assailants outside her home at Boundbrook Avenue in Portland shortly after 10 p.m. on Saturday. Detective Inspector Jervis Moore of the Port Antonio police said McDonald drove up... Read More...
Allen calls for a more caring society
Natalee Blidgen wept uncontrollably as she viewed the names of the many children, who have died under tragic circumstances, etched into the monument on Church Street, downtown Kingston. "When I look at their names, it gives me an empty feeling. Most are similar... Read More...
