Jamaica Gleaner Lead Stories
Published: Monday Saturday | November 28, 2009
Drought squeezes - Corporate Area begins feeling the effects
The drought, which is parching the Corporate Area, has started to affect several institutions in the Kingston and St Andrew area, The Gleaner has learnt. Information reaching this newspaper is that at least one high school on Hope Road in St Andrew had to shut its doors and send students home early because of the lack of water. Read More...
Inner city does its homework
Nine-year-old Charlotte Rowe believes one of the biggest problems facing Jamaica today is HIV/AIDS. For her big sister, 14-year-old Judene, it's child abuse. Their friend, Michael Harper, who is a year older than Judene, feels it's the monstrous pangs of crime and violence and the Gully-Gaza feud among youth. Read More...
Ministry programme breeds triumph
Becoming independent at age 32 is the most outstanding achievement that Shashanya Hughes recounts. Her pride is obvious when she speaks, her face lights up, she seems to stand more upright, and the words ooze freely from her lips. Read More...
Hero nurse suspended
THE NURSE who went to the aid of persons injured in the horrific market-truck crash in Dam Bridge, Portland, last December, has been suspended for her action that night. Read More...
Lyns' Trial - Swaby begins his defence, claims no knowledge of murder
Barbara GayleStaff ReporterOne of the two men on trial for the murder of elderly Manchester couple Richard and Julia Lyn began giving his defence today.Twenty-eight-year-old Lennox Swaby of Hopeton... Read More...
Nelson calls for a unified approach to fighting crime
Dwight Nelson, minister of national security, is asking for citizens to help in the effort to fight crime. According to Nelson, the need to galvanise efforts to fight crime transcends everything. Read More...
FFP donates blood bags
Food For the Poor (FFP) made a massive donation to the Ministry of Health yesterday, cauterising a shortage of blood bags by handing over 6,852 of them. Read More...
