Cash Plus squeezed - 'Suspicious' label delays bank payouts
An apparent decision has been taken by financial institutions to report as suspicious, all funds that come to them through what they describe as "unregistered o schemes", as allowed under the Money Laundering Act. Such a move is believed to be having adverse effects...
Hats off to upgraded high schools - Two students pass 12 subjects each
Casrine Varcianna and Richard Forsythe, former students of Cambridge and Seaforth high schools, respectively, proved that upgraded high schools do produce excellent students, after they both graduated from their institutions with 12 subjects each
Is there salvation from the Church?
I am a 14-year-old Christian and an active member of my church. I am sometimes called on to preach the word of God at my church. As a young person, I have been very blessed by the goodness of persons in my immediate family and organisations working in HIV...
The Gleaner
Over the coming weeks, children living with HIV, supported by Panos and The Gleaner Company, will be delivering letters advocating for positive change on the issues they have identified to movers and shakers in Jamaica.Two children delivered the following letters...
Police seize high-powered weapons
Five more high-powered rifles are now off the streets after a police operation uncovered the deadly weapons at Universal Freight Handlers Warehouse on Marcus Garvey Drive, Kingston, yesterday. A male who went to pick up the container was also detained and is now being interrogated....
Jacuzzi high? - Cops find ganja concealed in luxury bathtubs for export
Drug dealers are now utilising a new method of concealing marijuana for shipment overseas, as they have resorted to concealing the contraband inside Jacuzzis. This was indicated yesterday as the police, in as many months, displayed to The Gleaner their third seizure...
Cement company gears up for greater production
A team from The Gleaner's Youthlink magazine recently spent time with representatives of Caribbean Cement Company in Kingston.The company's marketing manager, Alice Hyde, was inter-viewed. YL: What factors were responsible for the recent cement inferiority?
Public service still needs improvement - Davis
Cabinet Secretary Carlton Davis, who is also head of the civil service, says despite strides made in the delivery of service to the general public, much more needs to be done by the public service for it to stay on par with globalisation."If there is a valid criticism...
Mike Henry says ...Big plans ahead for Vernamfield
It's been a pet project of his from as far back as the 1980s, but long-serving Central Clarendon Member of Parliament (MP) and Transport and Works Minister, Mike Henry, has only now got a real basis on which to expect the realisation of his big dream...
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