Jamaica Gleaner News
Published: Monday Sunday | December 20, 2009
How Audley Stole Christmas: 'Irresponsible' - Western Jamaica business leaders chide Government
One year after Portland truck tragedy...Survivor in dire need
WESTERN BUREAU:IN THE aftermath of the Government's announcement of a $21.8 billion tax package to take effect on New Year's Day, business interests in the... Read More...
Fishermen out in the deep
PERSONS IN the fishing industry in St Ann have blasted the new tax measures announced by the Government, saying the imposition of additional taxes on the sector could spell doom for them.Several fishermen and... Read More...
How Audley Stole Christmas: 'The end of times' - Market vendors apprehensive
"A WHA yuh a seh to mi?" asked Rema incredulously as The Sunday Gleaner asked her about the 17.5 per cent general consumption tax (GCT) which has been slapped on ground... Read More...
Reggae rejects cocaine - on record- Drug use among performers surfaces in lyrics
NO MATTER the official classifications, in reggae and dancehall music marijuana is not a drug, and there are oodles of songs about the joys of using and supposed benefits derived from... Read More...
'Him nuh mix up'- Fans maintain Buju's innocence
"IF IT was ganja, we would understand," said 58-year-old Daphne King from her gate at 47 Whitehall Avenue, Kingston 8, next door to the premises where embattled reggae artiste Buju... Read More...
Sizzling affaires, fizzling careers
The pages of history are replete with stories of super achievers who took years - of sweat, stress and sacrifice - to reach the top of their respective professions, only to tumble over the precipitous edge of the swirling waterfall of a sex scandal. Read More...
A peek at Michael Pryce
One year after Portland truck tragedy...Survivor in dire need
AFTER SURVIVING the horrific truck accident of December 19, 2008, which claimed the lives of 14 persons in Portland, Lenford Jackson, who is wheelchair-bound, is in dire need of medical treatment to have... Read More...
Richmond Park yearns for return to glory days
WHEN ASPIRING Preston Tabois moved to Richmond Park from rural Chapelton, Clarendon, in 1979, he was struck by the serenity of the St Andrew neighbourhood. Read More...
Universal Adult suffrage & national development - pT 4 - At the bottom of the barrel
The social disarray and economic dislocation created by four decades of weak and negative economic growth have led many Jamaicans to doubt Jamaica's viability as an independent state and to distance themselves from electoral... Read More...
