The job's mine! - MacMillan says he's taking charge as security minister in Jamaica
Former police chief, Colonel Trevor MacMillan, last night confirmed that he will replace Derrick Smith as minister of national security after reports of the switch emerged emerged last Friday. "It is factual, it is going to happen. Like I have greeted every time...
The 'Big Mac' is back
WHEN HE was named commissioner of police in 1993, politicians and civic leaders agreed that Colonel Trevor MacMillan was the right man for the job. The former Jamaica Defence Force officer will replace Derrick Smith as minister of national security...
Faith's Pen water supply system unsanitary - expert
OCHO RIOS, St Ann:The chief public health inspector for St Ann, Granville McKenzie, is warning members of the public to be careful how they purchase and consume food being sold at the Faith's Pen food arcade. He said the water which supplies the arcade and the residential...
Parish council shake-ups continue
OCHO RIOS, St. Ann: Effective today, there will be major changes in the leadership of the Roads and Works Department of the St Ann, St James and St Elizabeth parish councils, based on the recommendations of the Parish Councils Services Commission.
High rent upsets mayor
Mayor and councillors in the St Mary Parish Council are planning to have talks with the custos for the parish regarding the high cost they say they have to be paying in rental fees whenever Parish Development Committee...
Palmer receives report on water issues
A report that was requested a month ago by the Mayor of Black River and chairman of the St Elizabeth Parish Council, Jeremy Palmer, to examine the status of all catchment tanks in the parish has been submitted and repair work is to start ...
Mother's Day grief - Valiant stepson shot to death at entrance to police station
Everton Salkey was not her biological son, but his death the night before ruined Mother's Day for her. Edna Salkey, Everton's stepmom, said she was especially devastated by the bravado of the gunmen who shot him at the entrance to the Central Kingston Police Station...
Teacher gives lesson on lack of discipline
The absence of corporal punishment in schools has been identified as one of the factors fuelling widespread indiscipline in the classroom. This is the view of The Gleaner's Silver Pen recipient for March, Rennay Moore, whose letter, titled 'Who feels it knows...
Grandmas to the rescue - Elderly aid Jamaica's paediatric HIV treatment
From her perch on the veranda, she kneads a lump of flour into submission. The bright red plastic bowl in which it is being pummelled is lost in the folds of her floral skirt. Maudis making dinner for herself and Sherise, her six-year-old granddaughter...
Burmese to stage protest in Jamaica
WESTERN BUREAU:Burmese expatriates in Jamaica will today stage a peaceful march to show solidarity with their countrymen who were devastated by a cyclone last week and have received negligible aid because of tight controls by the military dictatorship...
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