Jamaica Gleaner Lead Stories
Published: Monday Friday | July 3, 2009
'We were right' - Walker defends Customs against allegations of corruption
Commissioner of Customs Danville Walker has rebutted claims that an auction of abandoned vehicles by his department at the Queen's Warehouse was tainted by irregularities and partiality. Walker was responding to the news that the Office of the Contractor General... Read More...
A Gleaner legend passes
Roy Riley, a former print and plant manager at The Gleaner Company, died on Wednesday in Miami at the age of 84.Riley held several positions during his tenure at The Gleaner Company. These included mechanical supervisor (1955), chief production supervisor ... Read More...
Deaf can earn driver's licences next month
THE HEARING impaired will by the end of next month be given the green light to drive legally on Jamaican roads.Following strong lobby by members of the deaf community, the Government had given a commitment that the hearing impaired would be given the opportunity... Read More...
The other side of Armadale
"Not my Armadale" were the thoughts of Cassandra, a former ward of the facility, when she heard the news of the protests and subsequent fiery deaths of seven teenagers at the centre in May. For her, the Armadale Juvenile Correctional Centre, located in St Ann... Read More...
Aircraft probe reaches DPP
All attention is now on the director of public prosecutions (DPP) into whose hands have been placed the much-anticipated file on the probe into the questionable search of a private aircraft.Commissioner of Police Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin yesterday revealed ... Read More...
Trouble brewing in Negril - Noise Abatement Act creates tension
WESTERN BUREAU: The rigorous enforcement of the Noise Abatement Act by the police and the prosecution of several offenders have left several stakeholders in the Negril entertainment fraternity hopping mad... Read More...
Crime goes to country
A marked shift in the perpetration of major and violent crimes has sent investigators scurrying into rural communities to stem the tide of criminal activities.Acting Deputy Commissioner of Police Owen Ellington told journalists at the Police High... Read More...
Granddad devastated over 2-y-o's murder
With red swollen eyes, a 78-year-old grandfather sat on his son's bed staring into space near the doorway of a one-room apartment Tuesday.He was trying to understand why gunmen had showed up at his son's apartment in Kasha Heights, Portmore, the night before... Read More...
New cervical cancer vaccine here
A vaccine to prevent cervical cancer is now available in the island.The drug Cervix has been made available through pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline, which officially launched the product Tuesday at the Hilton Kingston Hotel in New Kingston.The drug... Read More...
Scholarships for Imagine Cup team
Members of the Northern Caribbean University (NCU) Microsoft Imagine Cup Software team who left the island on Wednesday for Cairo, Egypt, to compete in the world finals have received scholarships totalling $974,600. The scholarships, each valued... Read More...
Man dies in sewage pit
A 44-year-old man died after he went to the rescue of his colleague who had fallen into a sewage pit in Franklin Town, Kingston, on Sunday.Dead is Donald Gayle, driver, of Mavis Bank, St Andrew.The incident occurred at Upper York Street about 11 a.m.... Read More...
