Jamaica Gleaner Lead Stories
Published: Monday Tuesday | March 3, 2009
Against the odds - From school dropout to budding engineer
When Fabian Lawes came to the end of primary school at age 11, his grades were so dismal no high school would take him. For the next three years, Lawes was out of school and nobody thought he would one day become anything successful. Today, however, Lawes is a second-year student... Read More...
Shaw set to go hunting for new bauxite markets
The Government is in the process of looking for new markets to export its bauxite, as the industry is projected to earn just $2.8 billion from the bauxite levy in the next financial year, less than half of what it was banking on. Audley Shaw, minister of finance... Read More...
Peace invades war-torn Flankers
WESTERN BUREAU: Residents of Flankers in Montego Bay, St James, are on a mission to maintain peace in the community, following a year and a half of violence that has gripped the neighbourhood, claiming many lives. As the nation observes Peace Day today... Read More...
No shoes, no money, but ...
Western Bureau: Life's hard-fought journey to success for 33-year-old Robert Coates was built on gritty determination and humble beginnings, during a time when having no shoes to go to school was not excuse for not having ambition... Read More...
Resolution Project: Changing the world through pictures
What if you could change the world with photographic images? Well, the Resolution Project 2009 offers you that opportunity. The Jamaica National Building Society Foundation will launch the project at the Bloomfield Great House in Mandeville, Manchester... Read More...
Bullet shatters dreams
She was on a mission to break the chain of poverty and make her family and teachers proud. But in the midst of that dream, the life of 17-year-old Anieka Hayden was cut short by a bullet, fired from the gun of a member of the security forces... Read More...
Tuesdaytalk - Hottest topics on the cocktail circuit
Dusted off and gone again - 1. The businessman is said to have lost a huge chunk of change in that pyramid scheme which so many were praising as a great investment opportunity, but instead of moping around in desperation... Read More...
