Shooting mars 'Festival Train' in Alexandria
THREE PERSONS were wounded by bullets yesterday when the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission's "Festival Train" stopped in Alexandria, St. Ann. The Gleaner understands that Paul Markland, a Kingston-based security guard travelling...

Several organisations in Spanish Town under threat of closure
SPANISH TOWN: SEVERAL GROUPS in St. Catherine are up in arms with plans by the St. Catherine Parish Council to shut down several community-based organisations in the old capital and its environs.

Twenty battleground seats
IF THERE is going to be a change of Government after the September/October 2002 General Election, the Opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) must retain all, or the overwhelming majority of its present twelve seats in Parliament...

Sunday Gleaner, Star rewarded for campaign on HIV/AIDS
THE SUNDAY Gleaner and The Star on Wednesday received awards for dedicated service to public education and awareness campaign on HIV/AIDS. Dr. Yitades Gebre, director of the World Bank programme on HIV/AIDS at the Ministry of...

Constituency profiles - Westmoreland Eastern - Runner-up position for JLP
THE JLP will have to settle for the runner-up position in the upcoming general election in Westmoreland Eastern. Thirty-two constituents were fixed in the new constitution granted to Jamaica in 1944. Westmoreland Eastern was among...

Trench Town residents taught business skills
TWENTY FOUR residents of Trench Town recently received certificates of participation in an entrepreneurial course organised by the Joy Town Community Development Foundation, in association with the Jamaica Business Development...