Jamaica Gleaner Lead Stories
Published: Monday Thursday | August 13, 2009
No contest - Supreme Court orders by-election, Pnp opts out of September 4 polls
AFTER TWO defeats in by-elections following the disqualification of Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) members of parliament, the Opposition People's National Party has decided to avoid heading to the polls again. The PNP yesterday said it would not contest the September 4 by-election ... Read More...
JAAA changes mind on Powell, teammates
BERLIN (AP): The Jamaica Amateur Athletic Association (JAAA) withdrew its request to ban sprint star Asafa Powell and several teammates from the World Championships yesterday, just hours after saying they would be kicked off the team in a dispute over... Read More...
FBI hails local cop
WESTERN BUREAU: It was not the call the Reverend Courtney Walters expected to receive after leaving his wife at the hospital, but his country needed him. He responded and now the United States has recognised his bravery. Walters, who has served 12 years... Read More...
Parents refuse to accept death report
WESTERN BUREAU: The family of the 10-year-old boy who was fatally struck down by a motor vehicle on the Bogue main road in Montego Bay, St James, on Monday, is disputing the circumstances under which the youngster reportedly... Read More...
'JLP ready for September 4'
The citizens of North West Clarendon have been summoned to elect a member of parliament on Friday, September 4, to fill the void created by the Supreme Court's removal of the Jamaica Labour Party's (JLP) Michael Stern... Read More...
Ward describes Armadale blaze
"Mi feel bad inna myself. Sometime mi wish me never born," said one of the wards who escaped May's deadly fire at the Armadale Juvenile Corrections Centre, as she reminisced on having to use buckets as toilets... Read More...
They 'worked it out' - Competitors weigh in at the end of NHF fitness challenge
About 1,420 lb! That's how much weight was lost at the end of the first annual National Health Fund (NHF) Work It Out Challenge, where teams of five co-workers from 53 corporate businesses competed in the gruelling weight loss challenge... Read More...
Thursdaytalk - hottest topics on the cocktail circuit
Future absence required! 1. It's not just members of the general population who are upset with the show of disrespect meted out to the official over the celebrations. Members of the offender's own party... Read More...
