Jamaica Gleaner News
Published: Monday Sunday | May 17, 2009
Airport drug bust
CUSTOMS OFFICIALS, assisted by narcotics and other law enforcement personnel, seized more than 165 pounds of cocaine and 175 pounds of compressed ganja at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, St James, yesterday morning. Read More...
Welcome! Our doors are open
COSTA RICA is the first Central American country to establish a free-trade agreement with Caribbean Community (CARICOM) states. The Jamaican Parliament is still to ratify the agreement. Read More...
Editors for justice
You know them because of their unflinching stance on defending your rights on the corners, in the courts and in your communities. Tomorrow, they will be at it again, this time with a special guest editors edition, 'Justice on Trial', in Jamaica's number-one newspaper. Read More...
Career - The customer service dilemma
A reader of my recent column entitled, 'Is customer service right for you?' respectfully, but vehemently disagreed with the stance taken in the article, on the matter of taking responsibility instead of blaming others, and making excuses. Read More...
Opposing Obama - Notre Dame president catches heat for Obama invite
The Rev John Jenkins got some simple advice before taking over as president of the University of Notre Dame: "Don't listen to the criticism, don't listen to the praise, just make the best decision you can." Read More...
Your own body of work is also yet to come - Obama
President Barack Obama says Arizona State University officials are not the only ones who think he needs to accomplish more to earn an honorary degree. Add his wife, Michelle, to that list. Read More...
Everyone has bad days, says Michelle Obama
First Lady Michelle Obama told third-graders Wednesday that they could help the president by working hard and never quitting. Mrs Obama visited Ferebee-Hope Elementary School in southeast Washington and read the story 'Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day' to about 18 children. Read More...
Ruling Congress party sweeps polls
The ruling Congress party swept to a resounding victory Saturday in India's mammoth national elections, defying expectations as it brushed aside the Hindu nationalist opposition and a legion of ambitious smaller parties. Read More...
