An act of extortion gone bad is said to be one of the contributors to the death of a male student. Dead is Theodore Skully, 16, of Central Village, St Catherine.Reports from the police are that about...
The United States (US) Government is stepping up its pressure on Jamaica to sign the extradition request for west Kingston strongman Christopher 'Dudus' Coke. A senior US State Department official yesterday made it clear that almost five months after ...
Prime Minister Bruce Golding will address the nation today as the Government prepares to outline the details of its latest plan to rescue the economy and convince the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to lend the country US$1.3 billion...
The turmoil that currently exists at the Arnett Gardens Football Club worsened yesterday when tragedy struck during a training session at the Little Copa Beach in Bull Bay. The team's 19-year-old defender, Nico Collins, developed breathing complications...
Touched by several heart-rending cases of children dying at the Bustamante Hospital for Children, international reggae superstar Orville 'Shaggy' Burrell, the man behind the Shaggy and Friends Make A Difference Foundation, disclosed that he was happy to help...
Rescue plans - The United States and France are preparing to dispatch emergency aid to Haiti amid reports that relief efforts were being hampered by major damage to the airport in Port-Au-Prince....
The trial of 86-year-old consultant botanist George Proctor, who is charged with conspiracy to murder his wife and three other women who lived at their house, began yesterday in the Home Circuit Court. Proctor, an American,...
The 2009 crime statistics have revealed that while there was a reduction in the number of guns and the amount of ammunition seized by the police, more people were arrested and killed. According to the crime statistics...
DEFENCE ATTORNEYS in the Cuban light-bulb corruption and money-laundering case say they will be seeking to block certain recordings from being entered into evidence.Patrick Atkinson, who represents North East St Elizabeth Member of Parliament Kern...
Jamaica is the last place in the world where winter fashion could make a statement - until yesterday. As a result of Sunday's heavy winds and wind chill, persons got up yesterday morning and donned sweaters, jackets...
While many thought about what they wanted for Christmas, Krystal Reynolds asked her parents to save the money they would have spent on her and feed the poor instead.
Fifteen-year-old Reynolds, a fourth-form student at Immaculate Conception High...
AN INTERNATIONAL financial analyst has lauded the Government for being bold in its decision to restructure the country's debt. Gregory Fisher, managing director of Oppenheimer & Company's subsidiary, Atlanta...
THE GOVERNMENT has started talks with key stakeholders in an effort to get buy-in to its medium-term economic programme and a planned debt-management scheme. The debt-management scheme will be a key component of any deal which the Government strikes...
Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture Olivia Grange is defending her ministry's role in a trip to Singapore last year, funded by the Jamaica Reggae Industry Association (JARIA), which cost $7.7 million.It has been revealed...
WITH THE lack of green space in Portmore being a topical issue, elected representatives and civic leaders are crying for more to be done to preserve the little space that is available. "If we are talking about Portmore being affected by crime...
THE ST Catherine South police have adopted a zero-tolerance approach to crime which has been on the rise in several Portmore communities."We are not yielding to anyone anymore. "We are not yielding to anyone anymore. We used to do that," stated...
San Juan, Puerto Rico: TOURISM INTERESTS are warning that the multibillion-dollar Montego Bay Convention Centre (MBCC) could become a white elephant if a management company is not appointed soon to commence the marketing of the facilities...
THE GOVERNMENT has said there would be no room for failure when it implements its debt-management programme, which is said to be a critical plank of its economic agenda. Information Minister Daryl Vaz told The Gleaner yesterday that Cabinet, which had just emerged...
FOR MANY years, the construction industry has been the magnet for hustlers looking to make a quick buck. The industry has also been a feeding tree for corruption, particularly with regard to government projects....
WITHOUT WARNING, an investigative team from the Office of the Contractor General (OCG), accompanied by the police, turned up at the New Kingston offices of the National Housing Trust (NHT) last Friday morning to conduct a snap audit...
THE LEGAL profession was once placed on a pedestal because of the honesty and integrity of its members. But in recent years, there has been a significant increase in the number of allegations levelled against some attorneys-at-law for professional misconduct...
THE DIRECTOR of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Paula Llewellyn, has warned that corruption will remain a major problem until Jamaicans decide to actively fight against the scourge.
"Jamaicans will have to be prepared to assist in exposing corruption....
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THE ENTIRE board of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) has resigned with immediate effect. The Sunday Gleaner was informed yesterday that the members of the Hugh Nash-led board tendered their resignations last Wednesday in what is being described...
The disclosure last week by the Office of the Contractor General of a corrupt network involving a senior employee of its office, sham contractors, and possibly employees of the National Housing Trust...
Prime Minister Bruce Golding and members of his Cabinet are scheduled to emerge from a four-day retreat today with details of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) agreement and the medium-term economic framework settled.The debt-management programme...
