Jamaica Gleaner Lead Stories
Published: Monday Sunday | September 27, 2009
Abduction alert! Man attempts to lure away primary school boys
THE EDUCATION ministry has launched an investigation into an alleged attempted abduction of a young boy at a prominent Corporate Area primary school. Read More...
The real whistle-blowers! Use device to prevent abductions or kidnapping - OCID head
If the Ministry of Education accepts Superintendent Fitz Bailey's suggestion every child could become a whistle-blower. And there would be no need to enact legislation for it to happen. Read More...
I am scared - mother
MARY BROWN was told that there was an abduction attempt on her child as she entered the school gate to pick him up and attend a parent-teacher meeting on a Thursday evening.But the information did not come from a member of the faculty. Read More...
Hibbert's troubles burden his party, Bruce summons Labourites
The governing Jamaica Labour Party is scrambling to deal with the possible fallout from the latest developments in the bribery allegation facing Member of Parliament for East Rural St Andrew Joseph Hibbert.Since Friday, when the... Read More...
Finally, JTA accepts, Teachers agree to Government's plan to pay $8 billion arrears over three years
The bitter dispute involving public school teachers and the Government over the $8-billion salary arrears is finally over. Read More...
We want answers, Residents still upset over fatal shooting of church minister
PAPILTO WALLACE has not eaten properly or slept well for more than one week - not since he got the news that his younger brother, ordained minister Paul Wallace, was shot and killed. Read More...
Auldyar 'rich in love, unity'
IF YOU are not from western Jamaica, chances are you've never heard of the small district of Auldyar.The rustic community, situated in the hills of Westmoreland, just about 11 miles outside of Savanna-la-Mar, is home to a... Read More...
Treat students as best customers - Microsoft exec
Buenos Aires, Argentina: A MICROSOFT education specialist is arguing that personalised learning could be the answer to problems in education systems across the world.Edgar Ferrer Gil, who leads the technological... Read More...
