Jamaica Gleaner Lead Stories
Published: Monday Wednesday | September 2, 2009
Get the jobs! - Golding administration under pressure to keep campaign promise
Two years after taking the reins of power, the Bruce Golding administration is coming under increasing pressure for its failure to meet its campaign promise of creating hundreds of new jobs. The latest Gleaner-commissioned Bill Johnson poll found that seven out... Read More...
Bartender serves up love in her community
Forty-year-old Sheivonne Golding is on a mission to make a difference in the lives of youths in the rural community of Time and Patience, St Catherine. It's obvious Golding is not an average bartender. As she pours liquor in glasses... Read More...
'Golding can do better' - Jamaicans don't think the PM's administration is doing a good enough job of managing the economy
Most Jamaicans seem to have accepted that much of the country's present economic problems are being caused by global conditions and not mismanagement by the Bruce Golding administration. But that does not mean that Jamaicans have absolved present and past administrations.... Read More...
14 VOICES!
As we continue to assess the performance of the Golding government after almost two years in office, today we examine the issue of national security. We asked: Have the changes in the ministers of national security impacted your perception about the Government's effort... Read More...
Two years at the helm of West Central St James
Clive Mullings writes about his two years as member of parliament today. All 32 JLP members in the House of Representatives were invited on July 13 to do the same but only Mullings seized the opportunity. The deadline for submissions was Friday, August 28... Read More...
Returning resident escapes road collapse
A returning resident is now counting his blessings after his Honda CR-V tumbled over a precipice at Friday road in the Rio Grande Valley of Portland yesterday, leaving him with just minor injuries. Reuben Patterson, who is on holiday from Canada... Read More...
Armadale Enquiry - No checks made on whether girls were still alive in burnt-out room - fireman
A fireman who responded to the May 22 blaze at the Armadale Juvenile Correctional Centre has revealed that no checks were made by himself or his colleagues to determine if the girls found inside the burnt-out dorm were alive... Read More...
Warden for nine years and still enjoying it
While teachers, students and parents are busy preparing for the start of the new academic year, spare a thought for the wardens. David Garrigues, a warden, was out from as early as Monday bubbling with energy in the vicinity of Jessie Ripoll Primary ... Read More...
Bungles' criminal record questioned
The prosecution yesterday sought to further discredit the former head of the St Catherine North Police Superintendent Harry 'Bungles' Daley on day two of his testimony at his corruption trial. Daley is being tried in the Corporate Area Resident... Read More...
Junor now campaign manager
Former Health Minister John Junor has offered himself to be campaign manager for the new People's National Party (PNP) caretaker for South West St Ann businessman, Valenton Wint.
Wint, who has business interests in Clarendon and Manchester... Read More...
Residents, SDC fight crime in Newland
The Portmore Social Development Commission (SDC) is working to develop a community safety initiative to battle gang warfare and other criminal activities in the Portmore borough, Newland. Governance coordinator with the Portmore SDC office... Read More...
Drawing from the art within
In the deep rural community of Mill Bank, Portland, where farming is a way of life, it is quite uncommon to meet an individual who does not identify himself as a farmer. But brothers Claude and Steve Taylor have defied the odds by starting their own art and craft... Read More...
Breaking News - Integrity Commission boss resigns
Chairman of the Integrity Commission, Kenneth Lewis, has resigned after tax authorities attempted to seize the assets of two New Kingston businesses of which he was a director.The enforcement team from the Tax... Read More...
American Airlines to cut 921 jobs
DALLAS (AP): American Airlines is cutting 921 flight attendant jobs as it deals with an ongoing downturn in traffic and lower revenue. The airline said yesterday that the cuts will take effect on October 1... Read More...
