Project developers Felicitas Limited will be seeking advice from environmental and geology experts to see if they can replace the sand stolen from Coral Spring, Trelawny, once it is found.While the Island Special Constabulary Force investigates the...
Sts Peter and Paul Preparatory School in St Andrew is on a renewed drive to equip its computer lab with state-of-the-art computers. The initiative has been welcomed by Shindaji Deane, a grade-six student who looks forward to using the lab
The People's National Party (PNP) is expected to announce today if the Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ) will be called in to run its September 20 presidential race.That was one of the main items discussed when PNP officers met last
WESTERN BUREAU: The growing competition between legitimate and rogue fishermen at sea is being cited as a possible factor that contributed to the disappearance of four fishermen who went missing off the Pedro Bank, St Elizabeth, last Saturday...
A number of random searches conducted in secondary schools across the island have revealed that one in four students is likely to carry a weapon, including illegal firearms. John McLean, the assistant commissioner of police in charge of the Community
Kevin Cameron is in need of a mentor. The 13-year-old student of Calabar High School lost his father at the age of four, but says he is determined not to allow violence to mar his future. Kevin, who lives with
PRIME MINISTER Bruce Golding has described as extortion, the practice of some schools turning away students who do not pay the non-obligatory auxiliary fees. Commenting on the vexing issue in Parliament yesterday, a strident Golding told the nation that auxiliary
One of Jamaica's human rights groups yesterday described the Government's new anti-crime plan as reactive, saying it neglects how to ensure that criminals are caught."All of these legislation kick in after the person has been caught," said Yvonne McCalla Sobers,
JUST OVER two years ago, Joleen Grant felt unfulfilled in her job in the advertising department at a Jamaican media house. That's when she saw an advertisement seeking a graphic designer with the Turks and Caicos Sun newspaper. "I never
Thirty high-risk inmates from the Gun Court Remand Centre on South Camp Road, Kingston, were yesterday transferred to the Horizon Remand Centre on Spanish Town Road, following an attempted jailbreak and riot. The Constabulary Communication Network (CCN) said the inmates
TUESDAY TALK HOTTEST TOPICS ON THE COCKTAIL CIRCUIT - Into the sunset1We are used to viewing images of a fat cat grabbing the reins of a horse and riding off into the sunset to look at life from a new
A MAJOR deployment of police and soldiers and several legislative changes should form the primary planks of new anti-crime measures to be announced by Prime Minister Bruce Golding today. With more than 900 persons killed across the island in the
WESTERN BUREAU: Black cloth lined the entrance to the home of Gary Bennett in Newcombe Valley, St Elizabeth, yesterday.Bennett is one of four fishermen from the parish who are feared dead at sea. The others are Wayne Robinson, 41, of
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King's House has refused to say whether it has formally apologised to Senator Tom Tavares-Finson for incorrectly informing him that it had no record of a pardon being granted to Marcus Mosiah Garvey. By way of a letter, King's House
The heat takes a toll - Over the last several weeks, The Gleaner has been following the Hird babies through their family diary. For most of the time, the babies went through the same routine except when they seemed to
SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine: As efforts continue in advancing the reform of the justice system, the Ministry of Justice is calling for all Jamaicans to assist in easing the high level of domestic violence affecting the nation. During yesterday's launch
WESTERN BUREAU: The detective corporal who was shot and injured by another policeman in St Elizabeth on Friday is still recuperating at an undisclosed hospital. The police are still withholding his name for security reasons. A police source told The
Proposed revisions to the 32-year-old Fisheries Act will require fishermen to take safety at sea more seriously, says Minister of Agriculture, Dr Christopher Tufton. Tufton, who is the member of parliament for South West St Elizabeth where the search continues...
This is the second of a two-part series on corporal punishment. The first part was carried on July 7. The reality is that persons cannot give what they do not have. Honestly, how many of us wished our parents or
