Jamaica Gleaner News
Published: Monday Saturday | January 17, 2009
Allen perfect man for the job - SDA leaders
Leaders of the West Indies Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists yesterday dismissed claims that the faith of Dr Patrick Allen, governor general designate, would conflict with duties of state.
Palisadoes road repairs cost increases
THE COST to complete work on the Norman Manley Boulevard (Palisadoes road) in Kingston has jumped from US$12 million to US$35 million (J$2.5 billion).Milton Hodelin, chief executive officer of the National Works Agency (NWA), said the initial design...
Cop involved in carnal abuse case denied bail
The policeman, who is accused of carnal abuse involving a 14-year-old girl who went missing a few weeks after she made the report to the police, has been denied bail.Police Constable Rushan Hamilton, 22, has been remanded to return to the Home Circuit...
Stewart's lawsuit dismissed
THE SUPREME Court has struck out a lawsuit brought against chairman of Superclubs Resorts John Issa by head of Sandals Resorts Gordon 'Butch' Stewart, who claimed that Issa published defamatory material about him last year.Issa had received an email...
Transformation programme reaches out to Clarendon - Al Miller meets with area dons
Reverend Al Miller, under the National Transformation Programme's "Fresh Start for Jamaica", along with other stakeholders met with area leaders and other community members in Canaan Heights...
Across the nation
GRANGE HILL WESTMORELAND:Eleven persons are now homeless and seeking help as fire, believed to have been caused by an electrical short circuit, destroyed three houses in Grange Hill, Westmoreland on Thursday.No one was...
Mormon witness quietly grows in Ja
Since it established itself here in Jamaica during the 1980s, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has seen its witness expand across the island.
