Media mourn Clifton Segree
Spanish Town, St. Catherine: Representatives from a wide cross section of the media fraternity flocked the Portmore Missionary Church to show their respects to the life of late journalist Clifton Constantine Segree. While not a packed congregation, the emotions...
Resume press briefings - MAJ
THE MEDIA Association of Jamaica (MAJ) has joined the list of news organisations criticising Government's plans to end the current schedule for weekly post-Cabinet press briefings. In a statement issued yesterday, the MAJ called on the administration of Prime Minister Bruce Golding...
'Students should work for tuition'
President of the National Parent-Teacher Association of Jamaica, Sylvester Anderson, is suggesting free tuition should only be afforded to students on passing their exams. This, he said, would force parents to ensure their children's attendance at school and that they apply...
Flankers residents still angry over police killing
WESTERN BUREAU:A strong contingent of police had to be deployed to Flankers, St.James, yesterday where residents again mounted a roadblock to protest Wednesday's fatal shooting of a man by the police in that community. The protesters contend that 29-year-old Peter Johnson...
Lankans fined for fraud
WESTERN BUREAU: Two brothers who committed fraud, in what they claim was a bid to escape war in their homeland of Sri Lanka, were fined $500,000 when they pleaded guilty in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court. Mahendnan Batumalai faced charges of possession of forged documents...
Tufton looks to secure fertiliser
Minister of Agriculture, Dr.Christopher Tufton, is expected to meet today with local distributors of fertilisers to work out an amicable agreement for the sourcing of the product. Donovan Stanberry, Permanent Secretary at the ministry, told The Gleaner yesterday...
Grange to handle gender affairs
Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports, Olivia Grange, says the portfolio of women's and gender affairs has been assigned to her ministry. Minister Grange was responding to an American Women's Organisations of Jamaica (AWOJA) statement which noted ...
Ministry begins vector control programme
The Ministry of Health and Environment has begun a vector control programme in an attempt to rid the country of mosquitoes and prevent an outbreak of dengue fever. Dr. Sheila Campbell-Forrester, chief medical officer of health, said the focus will be on areas that were affected...
READERS REACT
The following are feedback letters to yesterday's publication of Roving with Lalah.Dear Robert,I have to thank you for that story about the Kendal crash. I once lived in Kendal and never came across people like Mr. Harvey to get such a close insight into what it was like.
'Three Hand Chang' guilty
Kingston businessman Patrick Chang, otherwise called 'Three Hand Chang', whose illegal gaming business made $278 million over an eight-month period, has pleaded guilty to breaches of the Money Laundering and the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries acts....
Two held for stolen JPS goods
THE JAMAICA Public Service Company Ltd. (JPS) says the police have so far made two arrests in relation to individuals who have stolen the utility provider's power lines and cables. According to Ruthlyn Johnson, communications manager at JPS, the light and power company continues...
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