Jamaica Gleaner Lead Stories
Published: Monday Sunday | June 28, 2009
Things fall apart - Portia factor fades, Young Turks want out
PEOPLE'S NATIONAL Party (PNP) insiders have said the impending decision not to contest any more by-elections is geared towards saving the political career of party president Portia Simpson Miller. Read More...
More than an MJ fan
LIKE MANY teenage girls throughout the world in 1975, Fay Findley was a fan of the Jackson Five, especially its pin-up poster vocalist, Michael.There was no way the Queen's School student could miss the group's concert at... Read More...
'Hype lifestyle' a costly undertaking - Jackson leaves an estimated $500m debt
DURING HIS lifetime, and even in death, Michael Jackson's fame sat at the pinnacle of Mount Everest. Read More...
Steep task in Cornwall Mountain division
Portia Simpson Miller and the PNP face the acid test in the Cornwall Mountain division in the Westmoreland parish council.Councillor Michael Smith died in office last month, triggering the by-election. Read More...
Proceeds of Crime Act pays - Customs Department's efforts rake in close to US$2 million
The Jamaica Customs Department is hitting criminals where it hurts real badly - their pockets. Intensified efforts by the department's contraband enforcement team (CET) during the 2008/2009 fiscal year have resulted in... Read More...
Don't abort even after rape - poll
Most Jamaicans believe that women who become pregnant as a consequence of rape should not have the pregnancy aborted.That, according to a poll commissioned by pro-life activitists, the results of which were announced by executive director of the Mustard... Read More...
New press institute hosts public lecture
COMMUNICATIONS EDUCATOR and veteran journalist, Claude Robinson, will present the inaugural public lecture organised by the Jamaica Press Institute - the newly established research and training arm of the Press Association of Jamaica (PAJ). Read More...
Retrial sparks debate on majority verdicts
THE PROBLEMS facing the justice system were highlighted last week in the Home Circuit Court when a 12-member jury, after sitting for three weeks in a murder case, failed to arrive at a unanimous verdict.A retrial has been... Read More...
PNP's Progressive Agenda 'painstaking' - Hylton
THE PEOPLE'S National Party's (PNP) 'progressive agenda' appears to be quietly taking shape, amid the distracting din brought about by leadership disagreements, court battles and by-elections.The party has appointed a... Read More...
Ocho Rios Indian Association reaches out to communities
THE OCHO RIOS Indian Association has been dedicated to communities over the past 14 years and has spearheaded a number of outreach programmes.One recipient of the association's benevolence is Widow's Mite, a home for handicapped and abandoned children... Read More...
