Remembering a father's love
As far as I know there is only one person who has never missed a single edition of 'Roving with Lalah' since I started writing the feature almost two years ago. In fact, he saved a copy of every single article I've ever written. My dad would go around telling everyone he met...
Gleaner awarded Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) honour
The Gleaner has added another jewel to a distinguished collection of accolades, capturing the Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) News Coverage Award in the 2007 Excellence in Journalism Awards. The team of Daraine Luton, Keisha Hill, Glenroy Sinclair, Ricardo Makyn and Rudolph...
Advertising agencies honour Gleaner
The Gleaner on Tuesday walked away with the Best Print Media award at the Advertising Agencies Association of Jamaica (AAAJ) Media Awards 2007 ceremony. During the event, which provides members of the advertising fraternity with a chance to show...
POLITICAL AD WATCH - From the horse's mouth
The People's National Party (PNP), which has been slow off the mark in its advertising campaign for the August 27 General Election, is beginning to have media presence on television, with their latest ad targeting Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) leader Bruce Golding....
Newsmaker: Bishop Herro Blair - Preaching political peace
BISHOP HERRO Blair can point to hundreds of lost souls he has helped save during his four decades as a clergyman. But even the 59-year-old preacher will admit that his tenure as Political Ombudsman has not been as successful.
People's National Party (PNP) caretaker charged
Western Bureau: Businessman Errol Lamey, the People's National Party (PNP) caretaker/ councillor, who was detained in connection with a drug bust earlier this week, was yesterday slapped with drug charges and is to face the...
45 MILESTONES: 1998 - Jody-Anne won Scripps Howard Spelling Bee competition
The Gleaner/Children's Own Spelling Bee champion, 12-year-old Jody-Anne Maxwell, was victorious in the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee competition in Washington, D.C., becoming the first person outside of the United States to win the coveted championship.
Jamaica to brace for more deportees
WITH Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown's recent commitment to deport 4,000 prisoners in the next year, Jamaica can again brace itself for the mass relocation of deportees from that region. Prime Minister Brown was...
More press pressure on Guyana Gov't
Washington, D.C.The Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) of the Organization of American States (OAS) has expressed concern about the decision of the Guyana Government...
Man on murder charge offered bail
The man who allegedly shot and killed a bystander last week Saturday during a with a man of unsound mind has been offered bail in the sum of $500,000 with a surety. He is Noel Hunter, 50, building contractor of Portmore, St. Catherine..
Ground broken for Linstead transport centre
LINSTEAD, ST. CATHERINE: The Minister of Housing, Transport, Water and Works, Robert Pickersgill, broke ground on Tuesday for a multimillion-dollar transport centre for the town of Linstead in North West St. Catherine....
Appeal Court head laments number of extrajudicial killings
President of the Court of Appeal Justice Seymour Panton has expressed alarm about what he said was the increasing number of extrajudicial killings."I am and I have been for a considerable time appalled at the number of killings that are taking place,...
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