Jamaica Gleaner Lead Stories
Published: Monday Friday | November 6, 2009
Pedlars put out - Portmore council sends home school vendors
Vending stalls outside schools across the municipality of Portmore, St Catherine, were destroyed yesterday, in what the council said was a drive to rid the schools of illegal activities. The action, which came a day after the vendors were served notice... Read More...
No plans yet, says ex-BOJ boss - Hopes Jamaica gets IMF deal, hurt by Golding's statement
Derick Latibeaudiere is yet to make a decision about his future, following his firing last week as governor of Jamaica's central bank. Speaking with The Gleaner yesterday, he repeated his wish for an early conclusion of talks with the International Monetary Fund... Read More...
Full E-10 rolled out at the pumps
The full roll-out of E-10 gasolene is now under way islandwide, with most petrol stations being stocked with only this blended petrol. Effective November 1, the island's sole refinery, Petrojam, started producing all its 87 and 90 octane gasolene... Read More...
Doing it right bears fruit
SHE BLUSHED at the memory of March 17, 2009, and a smile slowly brightened her face, awakening the self-confidence hidden in her timid moves. District Constable Mazilyn Miller-Prince was reliving the day she won the Top Cop Award for being the most outstanding... Read More...
Recession rocks Bartons small businesses
While most Jamaicans have accepted that the global economic recession has hit the country hard, the scale of the devastation is yet to be appreciated by many. However, in rural Jamaica the impact of the recession is clearly visible on the streets... Read More...
Vendor rebuked for selling 'Gaza' pins
A male vendor who was, among others, peddling his wares outside the Hazard Primary School gate in Clarendon, received a scolding yesterday from an education officer.Director for Region 6 of the Ministry of Education, Mary Nichols... Read More...
'Bungles' decision set for November 18
Superintendent Harry 'Bungles' Daley, who is accused of accepting extortion money from a St Catherine businessman, is to know his fate on November 18. After the defence closed its case yesterday, Senior Resident Magistrate Judith Pusey said she was going... Read More...
Suspects identified in Xtras manager's killing
The doors were slammed shut on the two Xtras stores in the Mall Plaza, St Andrew, yesterday as people reacted to the fatal shooting of their manager, Sandra Supersad, on Wednesday evening. By mid-morning yesterday, curious passers-by, workers... Read More...
Coming this Sunday
Ian Boyne takes the stick to anti-gay and pro-gay rights activists for their lack of respect for free speech. Martin Henry tags government appointees - Mark Shields, Hardley Lewin, Trevor MacMillan and Don Wehby, among others ... Read More...
Hayles tries to throw out dual-citizenship case
Member of Parliament for West Hanover, Ian Hayles, is seeking to throw out the constitutional motion filed by Jamaica Labour Party candidate Donovan Hamilton, who is seeking to oust him from Parliament. Hamilton is contending that Hayles has dual citizenship... Read More...
PAC concerned with outstanding income at courts - Recommends bank payments
THE MINISTRY of Justice on Wednesday came under intense pressure from members of Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC), who raised alarm about inadequate checks and balances in the handling of funds by the police for the courts... Read More...
