Portia plunges - Golding the more popular politician in Jamaica
Opposition Leader Portia Simpson Miller has plummeted from being Jamaica's most popular politician and is now living in the shadow of Prime Minister Bruce Golding. According to the findings of the most recent Gleaner-commissioned Bill Johnson polls, conducted on November 24 and 25...
Jury not sure - Delivers open verdict on Woolmer's death
THE CORONER'S inquest into the death of Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer ended yesterday at the Jamaica Conference Centre with an 11-member jury returning an open verdict. The jury deliberated for over three hours before presenting their verdict to coroner Patrick Murphy. ...
'It is not nice to discriminate'
Dear Mayor Lee, - I am a 12-year-old girl whose mother has been living with HIV for more than five years now. When I first heard that she had HIV I cried, because I thought that she was going to die. When she was sick and in bed it made me cry and I was very scared.
'Smooth running for local government polls'
Electoral officials are upbeat that the difficulties experienced during the September 3 General Election would not recur in the local government elections on December 5. They are also confident that voting today, by election-day workers and members of the security forces...
Industrial action at Sangster International
WESTERN BUREAU: A strike yesterday by unionised staff at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay resulted in a degrading of the security status at the facility. The airport was reduced from a category nine facility to a category eight, and at least one Virgin Atlantic...
Tighter security for St William Grant Park
The police have increased their patrols around the St. William Grant Park, downtown Kingston, following widespread incidents of rape and robberies at the location. The Gleaner observed this week regular patrols of the park by the lawmen, as well as workmen trimming....
Local Government Election Watch - JLP may reclaim Portland
CONTROL OF the Portland parish may be heading back to the fold of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) at the close of the local government election on December 5. The People's National Party (PNP), which lost the council in the 2003 elections, took charge of the seat after Benny White...
Courts reduce sentence on security guard robbers
Two security guards who, while employed to Guardsman Armoured Ltd., held up two other security guards at gun-point in March 2005 and stole more than $150,000 from their employer's armoured vehicle, have had their prison sentences reduced from 27 years to 17 years....
HOTTEST TOPICS ON THE COCKTAIL CIRCUIT
A case for police high command 1.The Police High Command has some explaining to do here. After a minor traffic accident in St. Andrew earlier this week, one of the drivers involved got all obnoxious and uppity...
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