Jamaica Gleaner Lead Stories
Published: Monday Thursday | October 8, 2009
Results bungled - Ministry, Pembroke Hall Primary at odds over literacy test error
Approximately 80 students at the Pembroke Hall Primary School in St Andrew are to resit the Grade Four Literacy Test after their test papers were not identified by the education ministry. The students are yet to receive results, and the Ministry of Education... Read More...
Cash Plus depositors flood Wildman's office
THE OFFICE of the Trustee in Bankruptcy is being flooded with daily calls from investors in the unregulated investment scheme Cash Plus Ltd.Hugh Wildman, trustee in bankruptcy and court-appointed liquidator for Cash Plus, said his office was not only getting calls... Read More...
JDF gets firearm simulator from UK
The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) yesterday received a firearm simulator from the British government to assist in its training programme.The machine was installed at the JDF training camp at Moneague, St Ann, and, according to British High Commissioner Jeremy Cresswell... Read More...
Government stands by Zacca appointment
IN THE face of mounting criticism, the Government is defending the decision of Prime Minister Bruce Golding to appoint businessman Chris Zacca as special adviser. On Tuesday, Jamaica House confirmed a Gleaner report that the immediate past president... Read More...
Media barred from Lyns case
A BAN was placed yesterday on the media from covering aspects of the trial of the two men charged with the murder of Manchester couple, Richard and Julia Lyn. Senior Puisne Judge Marva McIntosh ordered the ban amid speculation that media coverage... Read More...
Shaw sends good word from Turkey
Finance Minister Audley Shaw has left the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) annual general meeting in Turkey with a US$15-million loan from the World Bank and an encouraging word on Jamaica's plan to resume a borrowing agreement... Read More...
Daviesh Mills wins long battle
THE GIRLS are taking note and stepping up. After having a competition dominated by boy spellers this year, the tables are turning, with the girls fast catching up. Daviesh Mills of St Hilda's Diocesan High School yesterday became the fourth girl to take a parish... Read More...
Jubilation for Jenelle
Humorous, installation, influenza, immigrant, inventory and jealousy.These are all words that either or both of the top two girls in St Mary struggled with and eventually failed to spell correctly. Jenelle Hinds and Nicollett Brown survived to the final ... Read More...
