Jamaica Gleaner Lead Stories
Published: Monday Monday | July 20, 2009
Dead wrong - Man freed after autopsy foul-up
A Home Circuit Court jury has expressed dissatisfaction with the integrity of post-mortems in Jamaica after hearing conflicting opinions about the cause of death in a murder case. Supreme Court judge Jennifer Straw, on hearing the jurors' concern, told prosecutor John Tyme... Read More...
Youth power - Poor rural clubbers enrich lives of others
Inside the marginalised fishing village of Old Harbour Bay, St Catherine, behind the zinc fences and board and concrete walls, vibrant young people are making a difference.
Placing their own miserable circumstances aside, do-gooders from the local police youth club... Read More...
Dark world of illiteracy - 'Blind' to words, dad gives kids chance he never had
For Donald Johnson, a life of illiteracy has been like being held captive in a dreary dark dungeon, locked away from a rich world of vivid colours, entrancing drama, liberating truth and staggering beauty. "Mi inna a dark world - to miself, mi inna darkness... Read More...
Young Phillips gets vote of confidence
Mikael Phillips will be the new People's National Party's (PNP) candidate for North West Manchester in the next general election. In a candidate-selection vote held at the Mile Gully Primary School in the constituency yesterday, Phillips easily defeated political... Read More...
11-y-o loses eye but wins a friend
WESTERN BUREAU: A good Samaritan has come to the aid of an 11-year-old boy whose last month of classes before the summer holidays was ruined because of eye injuries sustained in a bust-up at school. Montego Bay businessman Henry McCurdy, who stumbled into a bit of wealth... Read More...
Class Acts: Barbary Hall
Send photos from your graduation ceremonies in June or July, along with detailed captions, and we'll publish them. Email to editor@gleanerjm.com or drop off at 7 North Street, Kingston.... Read More...
Nurses clash
The Nurses' Association of Jamaica (NAJ) has criticised the actions of two nurses' groups that split from the organisation last year and sought representation by the National Workers' Union (NWU). NAJ President Edith Allwood-Anderson has accused... Read More...
Police target MoBay's pimps, touts
WESTERN BUREAU: As harassment threatens to derail the tourist industry, police in western Jamaica say they will place greater focus on pimps and touts on Montego Bay's hip strip, as well as illegal jet-ski operations and unlawful craft vending in Rose Hall... Read More...
A Ffriend indeed
Kimani Ffriend has made his mark in various basketball arenas across the world, with his latest being with the national team at the Caribbean championships. However, it was in taking time out last week that he made one of the most important passes... Read More...
The new Ten Commandments
You run things. Things don't run you! That's the second of the 10 commandments, according to Dr Leahcim Semaj, who delivered the keynote address to high-school students registered to participate in the first-ever summer camp to be hosted by Dream Jamaica... Read More...
Women's centre hungry for new dining facility
The Women's Centre of Jamaica Foundation is looking forward to building its kitchen and dining facilities, thanks to a generous donation from the Jamaica Volunteers Association (JVA). The presentation of a cheque valued at US$14,000, coupled with... Read More...
BRIEFS
Senate passes sex-crime bill - The Senate last Friday passed the Sexual Offences Bill with 28 amendments following more than three weeks of rigorous debate.The new statute gives a definition of rape, as none existed in the Offences Against the Person... Read More...
