Jamaica Gleaner Lead Stories
Published: Monday Tuesday | September 8, 2009
'Dudus' nightmare
A local intelligence official is warning that the nation is being plunged into a diplomatic nightmare, which is likely to have dire implications for the safety of the public and the economy of the country, with the apparent failure of Jamaican... Read More...
Smooth start, few obstacles
As the new school year got under way yesterday, institutions in eastern Kingston had a smooth start, with just a few challenges faced by some principals. At Dunoon Park Technical High School, several students congregated at the gate long after the start of school... Read More...
Learning in the shadow of the gun - Schools in Kingston's toughest communities open enthusiastically
Bright-eyed little boys and girls in crisp uniforms flanked by teachers bubbling with energy yesterday marked the start of the new term at schools in some of the tough inner-city communities in the Corporate Area. In most of these schools, parents lined the corridors... Read More...
'I'm getting to like high school' - Demoy says first day exceeds expectations
WESTERN BUREAU: The thrust into a new beginning at Cornwall College in Montego Bay, St James, for 11-year-old Demoy Kerr exceeded his expectations as he had the opportunity to interact with new friends and teachers on his first day of high school... Read More...
Garbage sours start of school year
Students and teachers at the Holy Family Primary School on Laws Street in central Kingston had an uncomfortable start to the new school year yesterday. "Everything was in place here and the staff and parents worked together to ensure that the facility... Read More...
'Spencer needed more guidance' - Paulwell
QUEEN'S COUNSEL K.D. Knight, yesterday, at the start of the corruption trial of Kern Spencer, painted a picture of the former junior minister being given an underserviced motor vehicle to execute a Herculean task... Read More...
Armadale enquiry - 'I was lied to'
Commissioner of Corrections June Spence Jarrett testified yesterday that one of her senior managers had lied to her about servicing fire extinguishers for the Armadale Juvenile Correctional Centre in St Ann... Read More...
Would a gown improve my chances?
Dear Mrs Walker-Huntington: I recently came to America to spend a vacation with my fiancé who is a United States citizen. We got engaged in February and were expected to get married later this year. We were planning a private ceremony to cut cost ... Read More...
NEWS BRIEFS
Brothers killed at Jamaica Broilers facility - The bodies of two teenage brothers were fished from a pond at the Jamaica Broilers Aquaculture facility in Toll Gate, Clarendon, yesterday afternoon.According to reports, the boys, 13-year-old Romain Richards... Read More...
