Jamaica Gleaner Lead Stories
Published: Monday Sunday | May 17, 2009
'Dad raped us' - Sisters accuse father of years of sexual abuse
The pain of 47-year-old Brigitte Smith is poignant as she revealed to The Sunday Gleaner how her now 72-year-old father allegedly raped her from as early as age four. "I remember all the positions he had me in while he enjoyed himself," Smith said. Read More...
'We are in trouble' - SLB owed $760 million
JAMAICAN STUDENTS owe the Students' Loan Bureau (SLB) $760 million, money that, if collected, could fund nearly half of the more than 9,610 persons who have so far applied for loans to pursue advanced studies this year. Read More...
UWI graduates top SLB delinquents
THE EXECUTIVE director of the Students' Loan Bureau (SLB) has said that the time has come for a more pointed approach to tertiary education. Lenice Barnett told The Sunday Gleaner that there are some courses of work for which it appears that too many persons are being trained. Read More...
Kiwanis honours faithful nurses
THREE OF Jamaica's unsung heroines have been honoured by the Kiwanis Club of New Kingston for their stalwart contribution to the fight against HIV/AIDS and the stigmatisation that still faces many persons with the virus. Read More...
'I did not plan to fail ...' - Dream shattered by FINSAC
Ahead of the commission of inquiry into the 1990s financial sector collapse, which commences on July 1, The Sunday Gleaner continues to look at the struggles of many investors who lost everything. Read More...
Gleaner Editors' Forum - Debt restructuring, anyone? Analysts urge caution, but agree that this would be good for the country
The GOVERNMENT IS being urged to tread cautiously in any proposal to restructuring its debts even though most analysts agree that this would provide the country with much-needed breathing space. Read More...
Gleaner Editors' Forum - Come clean about debt burden, analysts urge Government
LOCAL FINANCIAL experts have agreed that there is an urgent need for the Government to come clean about the country's indebtedness. While the official debt figure is $1.2 trillion, the financial experts, who spoke at a recent Gleaner Editors' Forum, agreed the contingent liabilities need to be determined and added to the equation before any credible programme can be implemented to deal with the debt burden. Read More...
Generation Lost - Mom wanted her to be a flight attendant
SHERINE FRASER used to spend most afternoons worrying about how her little girl, Shaneal Raffington, would get across the road after school from Shortwood Practising Primary and Junior High in St Andrew to get home on Grants Pen Avenue. Read More...
