Jamaica more corrupt - Falls 23 places on International Perception Index
Jamaica has become a more corrupt country, according to the latest Transparency International Corruption Perception Index, which was released yesterday. Jamaica, which had a ranking of 61 out of 163 countries in the 2006 report, fell some 23 places to 84 on the 2007 list....
Student killed for cellphone
WESTERN BUREAU: The Albion Primary and Junior High School in Montego Bay, St.James, was plunged into mourning yesterday, following news that one of its students was fatally stabbed when he refused to hand his cellular phone to a thief. The dead student, 14-year-old Percival Crew...
Senators, Members of Parliament to be sworn in
Parliament reopens today with national focus centred on the swearing-in of Senators and Members of Parliament who will take their respective seats in the Upper and Lower houses. In what is expected to be a vibrant legislative year, the Bruce Golding-led Government and the Opposition...
Community grieves in St Catherine - Four residents killed in crash, three injured
SPANISH TOWN, St. Catherine: The Point Hill community in St. Catherine was filled with gloom yesterday following a motor vehicle crash that resulted in the deaths of four of its residents and the injuring of three others on Tuesday. The Gleaner news team went into the Point Hill...
Shaw denies NAJ charge
Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Audley Shaw, has categorically denied the claim by Nurses Association of Jamaica (NAJ) president, Edith Allwood-Anderson, that a new JLP administration had pledged to double nurses salaries immediately after it took office....
Sex trafficking rampant in Jamaica - study
A new report and documentary, conducted in Jamaica and three developed nations, showed that there is a growing demand for youth in the sex trafficking and sex tourism markets in the country. The report and documentary titled 'Demand', from the women and children advocacy ...
US donates $35m to boost war on drugs
The Government's efforts to put a dent in the narcotics trade was yesterday boosted by an additional J$35 million (US$500,000) injection from the United States Government. This came as Minister of National Security Derrick Smith and U.S. Ambassador Brenda LaGrange Johnson signed...
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