Jamaica Gleaner News
Published: Monday Monday | August 10, 2009
'Security was weak at Armadale' - Overseer cites problems that compromised safety
THE ACTING overseer in charge of security at the Armadale Juvenile Correctional Centre, where seven wards of the state perished in a fire on May 22, has revealed that there were several security breaches at the facility and that searches were largely ineffective... Read More...
Canal bush whacked - Portmore residents have first clear view after seven years
A canal overgrown with vegetation which separates the communities of Passagefort and Westchester, has been given a facelift. Fifty National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) workers armed with machetes, weed whackers and power saws participated... Read More...
I need to help my 29-y-o brother learn
Q. I have a brother who is 29 years of age. When he was about 11 years old, he was diagnosed with a reading disability. The actual result of the assessment test was that he had the brain of a four-year-old. Read More...
What 'father' means to me
Forget the dictionary, whatever version you believe in. (Anyway, sometimes dictionaries are like supposedly holy books. Somebody, somewhere defined an objective reality from his/her decidedly subjective viewpoint, then other people used up a whole lot of time... Read More...
NCU arms cops with computer training
More than 50 police personnel from the region three police division of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) - covering Clarendon, Manchester and St Elizabeth - recently received much-needed computer training to strengthen their crime-fighting skills.The... Read More...
BRIEFS - Deadly salon attack
One man was killed and a woman hospitalised in serious condition after a gun attack at a haircare establishment in Linstead, St Catherine, Sunday. Dead is Richard Bennett, 25, of Linstead. Read More...
