Jamaica Gleaner Lead Stories
Published: Monday Tuesday | November 10, 2009
Bloody disgrace - Storage-bag shortage causes clot at collection centres - Drives to gather vital fluid cancelled, donors turned away
A MAJOR crisis has developed in the country's blood collection and testing system, as the health sector appears to be worsening. The Gleaner has confirmed that the National Blood Transfusion Service (the Blood Bank) is facing a critical shortage of bags to store blood... Read More...
Gully vs Gaza dominates annual youth Parliament - Youngsters call for parents to take responsibility for music children listen to
THE ANNUAL youth Parliament yesterday weighed in on the ongoing dancehall music debate by suggesting that parents needed to fill the vacuum being filled by contemporary Jamaican artistes, some of whose music is negative. Debating the notion that music... Read More...
'I always fed my family' - 60-y-o says farming a good avenue for youngsters
IT IS 9:52 a.m., but already his face is awash in sweat as he wields his machete effortlessly through the unwelcome shrubs that have overwhelmed a section of his field.The inability to access modern technology has left Philip Jackson, a farmer for 25 years... Read More...
Lasco top cop still on cloud nine - Asks for citizens help to fight crime
THE 2009 Lasco Top Cop, Donohue Crossman, makes no bones about it: he has his eyes firmly set on the lofty position of commissioner of police. "Commissioner of police, definitely... It is a seat that seems to want me," he chuckled ... Read More...
Jamaicans to pay more for passports
JAMAICANS will have to dig deeper - much deeper - into their pockets to pay for passports come next Monday.The Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA) has announced increases of between 80 and 380 per cent in the cost of passports... Read More...
Ellington shows his hand
ACTING POLICE Commissioner Owen Ellington has listed reducing crime with special emphasis on murder as his major priority for the period he leads the Jamaica Constabulary Force. Addressing the police executive management group yesterday, Ellington... Read More...
Kameka killer to face the noose
ONE OF the three men convicted on September 15 for the murder of 48-year-old Assistant Police Commissioner Gilbert Kameka has been sentenced to hang, while the others were sentenced to life imprisonment. Massinissa Adams, 27, of Industry Village... Read More...
Kitson Town residents burn cop vehicle
THE KITSON Town community in St Catherine is tense following the fatal shooting of a resident from the area on Sunday. Dead is Teroy Bonner, a 22-year-old labourer of Kitson Town, St Catherine. Police reports are that about 8 p.m., police personnel ... Read More...
Violence rages in Kingston East
AT LEAST six persons were shot, three fatally, by gunmen, between Sunday night and yesterday morning, following separate incidents in the Kingston East Police Division. Among the victims is a 67-year-old farmer of Shooter's Hill, who police identified... Read More...
