Exodus! - People's National Party (PNP) officials vacate State-owned homes; hand over SUVs
After nearly two decades of political supremacy, former Cabinet ministers, junior ministers, advisers and other 'genetically' connected officials of the People's National Party (PNP) have almost completed a mass exodus from Government into the political wilderness where there are no perks....
Danny Williams backs Wehby's appointment
Businessman R. Danny Williams, who served in Prime Minister Michael Manley's Cabinet in the late 1970s, has confirmed that he retained his private sector salary while being a government minister. Furthermore, Mr. Williams told The Gleaner that he also took his much smaller...
Prophets say sorry
The prophetic movement in Jamaica has finally broken its silence after the results of the 2007 General Election whereby one of its major prophecies for the year failed to materialise.
Shattered dreams - 10-year-old mowed down days before returning to school
SPANISH TOWN, St.Catherine: Moesha McKoy did not know she wouldn't use the two books purchased for her to go to school. A motor vehicle accident cut short her life just two days before she was scheduled to return to class. As a Gleaner news team took the trek to Bonnet district...
More foreign cops?
The new Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) government has left the door open for the introduction of more foreign police officers to the Jamaica Constabulary Force, if deemed necessary.Derrick Smith, the recently installed National Security Minister...
Probe into schoolboy football shooting
The Kingston Western police are now keeping a close watch on sections of Arnett Gardens after an incident in which a man was shot and injured at a Manning Cup football match between Charlie Smith and Denham Town high schools, at the Tony Spalding Sports...
'Ganja keeps Jamaica on US narco list'
Jamaica's presence on the United States' list of major drug transit or illicit drug-producing countries is because of the country's high cultivation of marijuana and the fact that the island remains a transit country for cocaine...
Montego Bay suspects in custody
WESTERN BUREAU: Three of the 15 men who were picked up during a joint security operation in Canterbury, Montego Bay, yesterday are still behind bars. The Gleaner learnt that the other 12 detainees were released after being interviewed and processed by personnel ...
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