Job rush - Thousands flock warder recruitment centre
Thousands of job applicants turned out at the headquarters of the Christian Fellowship Outreach Ministry in St Andrew yesterday morning, hoping to snatch a place among the 200 being recruited as warders for the Department of Correctional Services....
Parliament tables libel review committee report
THE ABOLITION of criminal libel has been included in a list of recommendations for modernising the country's defamation laws. The report of the Justice Hugh Small Committee which contains the recommendations was laid in the House of Representatives yesterday....
People's National Party (PNP) more united than ever - Simpson Miller
People's National Party (PNP) President Portia Simpson Miller has rejected claims that the party was in disarray. Simpson Miller was responding to questions from journalists as the party launched the celebration of its 70th anniversary at its Old Hope Road headquarters...
Call to fire up youth for Christ
Dr Luis Palau, an international Christian evangelist, has charged religious leaders to stage fun-filled functions to attract more young people. Palau was speaking with The Gleaner during a reception held in his honour at the Hilton Kingston hotel in New Kingston this week....
Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) honours outstanding past members
A pioneering female in the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) and its oldest retiree were yesterday honoured by the Association of Past Members of the JCF during a special ceremony to celebrate their birthdays. Iris Tulloch, 88, former superintendent of police, served 31 years...
Central Kingston educators cry out against violence - Police stats show over 480 killed islandwide since January
Fed up with the number of senseless killings in the constituency of Central Kingston which have left their students traumatised, several teachers yesterday journeyed from the Holy Family Primary School to the Jamaica Teachers' Association headquarters on Church Street, crying out...
Education Ministry admits error in GSAT scholarship award
The Ministry of Education yesterday conceded that it made a mistake when it decided against recommending the Scotiabank Jamaica Foundation Scholarship to the student who had the highest score in the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) last year.
The Manley Memoirs - Four days to go!
Four days to go! "My relationship with my mother was always intense and often traumatic, and I see now that it, along with my experience of the power struggle between men and women, as observed first in my parents' troubled union, was largely...
4-H Clubs impress agriculture minister
MAY PEN, Clarendon: The Gleaner/Power-106-sponsored National 4-H Achievement Day and Expo which was held on Friday at the Denbigh Showground in Clarendon under the theme 'Developing Our Youth, Improving our Country', featured exhibitions and displays from all over Jamaica....
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