'Help us to help our parents'
Over the coming weeks, children living with HIV, supported by Panos Caribbean and The Gleaner Company, will be delivering letters advocating for positive change on the issues they have identified to influential movers and shakers in Jamaica.
Incident-free day in St Ann
Ocho Rios, St. Ann: Activities in St. Ann on nomination day took place without any incidents.
Wong Ken a no-show at Woolmer inquest
A TERSE exchange between Director of Public Prosecutions Kent Pantry and attorney Richard Small, got the fifth week of the coroner's inquest into the death of Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer off to a rollicking start yesterday.
PSOJ, security forces link-up to catch the bad guys
THE Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) will, on November 22, link with the security forces in seeking the public's assistance to capture the country's 10 Most Wanted criminals.This will take the form of a three-hour phone-in that day...
Mitchell files appeal against Supreme Court ruling
People's National Party candidate, Phyllis Mitchell, has filed an appeal against a Supreme Court ruling this month that Jamaica Labour Party Member of Parliament for St. Catherine North East, Gregory Mair, was not properly served with the election petition.
Montague seeks entrenchment of local gov't
Government is moving towards entrenching local government in the Constitution, thus, giving it a bigger slice of the budget in an attempt to give more autonomy to parish councils. It is aiming to have it fully entrenched by 2009, but the process will...
Customers upset with the unsmooth 'FLOW' of things
Several customers of telecommunications firm, FLOW, are upset at what they describe as unreliable and unsatisfactory customer service from the utility company.Recent customer complaints have ranged from no service, to little service, to the company's...
JLP 'not changing course' in St Thomas
St. Thomas: It is 'as you were' for the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) in the upcoming local government elections for the six electoral divisions in Western St. Thomas where all the incumbents are again facing the polls.
Independent turns heads
Black River, St. Elizabeth: The biggest crowd support for any independent candidate came as a surprise in South East St. Elizabeth on nomination day, when sitting councillor for the Myersville division, Winston Sinclair, matched the support meted out to the more traditional players.
Spec-tacular frames
Though many people still wear lenses encased in frames that look like windscreen wipers, eyewear, particularly prescription lenses come in frames that have been revolutionised.
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