In the print edition of the Gleaner, published: Tuesday | September 1, 2009
Lead Stories

Bank probe - First Global investigates irregularities that could lead to $1.68-billion loss
An investigation is now under way at the GraceKennedy-owned First Global Bank after the discovery of trading irregularities at the institution that have resulted in predicted bond-trading losses of approximately US$19 million (J$1.68 billion).The bank...

Read more in Lead Stories

News

Hydel University opens its doors
The 17-year-old institution, Hydel Group of Schools, has added a tertiary arm to its educational offerings.In a ceremony held at the school's headquarters at Ferry, St Catherine, Sunday afternoon, Education Minister Andrew Holness officially declared...

Read more in News

Business

Canada's economy shrinks in 2Q
The Canadian economy contracted at a 3.4 per cent annual pace in the second quarter, an improvement from the first three months of the year, the government said Monday. Statistics Canada said the economy actually grew in June, the first monthly increase...

Read more in Business

Sport

Ver rebounds - Jamaicans dominant at Zagreb meet
ZAGREB, Croatia (CMC): Jamaica's Veronica Campbell-Brown rekindled her winning ways, while world champion Ryan Brathwaite of Barbados captured his first race since his stunning Berlin triumph at the 59th IAAF Zagreb Grand Prix in Croatia yesterday...

Read more in Sport

Commentary

EDITORIAL - The PM's new challenge
Until last week, it was conventional wisdom that Bruce Golding's prime ministership would ultimately be defined by how his government handles the current economic crisis. For, so bad have things become and so difficult the options facing the country...

Read more in Commentary

Letters

LETTER OF THE DAY - Wanted: home-grown economic catalyst
The Editor, Sir: Outside of the performance of our sporting heroes, it is clearer now than ever that Jamaica needs a catalyst for our economic recovery. It's also clear that if Jamaicans are going to have any confidence in our ability as a people to lift ourselves...

Read more in Letters

Entertainment

Herbie Miller links Garvey and radical Black music
Herbie Miller, director/curator of the Jamaica Music Museum, currently based in the Institute of Jamaica, East Street, downtown Kingston, did not have a specific publication in mind when he was writing the article 'Marcus Garvey and the Radical Black Music Tradition'....

Read more in Entertainment

Lifestyle

Connecting the dots in JUNCTION
I mean, she seemed nice enough. Of course, she did have blue hair, had noticeable difficulty pronouncing the letter 'V' and was in deep concentration watching a movie about a talking pig. But hey, I don't judge. Let me explain. I had been driving around in Junction...

Read more in Lifestyle

Tropical Weather

Click for Details

Features

 

Cartoon of the Day
cartoon

GoJamaica / Gleaner Poll
Do you think that skin colour should be a factor in the selection of candidates to represent Jamaica at international beauty pageants?

Yes
No
Undecided