Crime talks - Prime Minister of Jamaica to seek consensus with Opposition
Prime Minister Bruce Golding says he will be urgently seeking a resumption of talks with the People's National Party (PNP) to discuss Jamaica's crime problem. "It would be useful and I've spoken to Mr (Karl) Samuda about anxiously resuming the Vale Royal talks," Golding told The Gleaner...
Usain Bolt prefers Olympic title to world record
FOR SOMEONE who became the world's fastest man less than 24 hours earlier, the superlative Usain Bolt looked like an average 21-year-old yesterday when he arrived at the Norman Manley International Airport. Casually dressed in T-shirt, denim trousers and cap...
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Dancehall putting youth 'Pon Di Edge'
It is a few minutes shy of 5 a.m. and there's a street dance taking place on the outskirts of Spanish Town, St Catherine. It's a community called Casha Valley on March Pen Road. The dance has been going on for about five or six hours now and as the sun begins to rise...
Parents urged to monitor kids
Dr Gillian Lowe, child psychologist attached to the University Hospital of the West Indies and the Ministry of Health, says that parents should monitor children's activities to limit the likelihood of the transfer of negative values....
Trials of a teenage mother-to-be
In less than a month's time, this child will become a mother. A traumatised 15-year-old Annalie Campbell is still trying to cope after eight months of pregnancy and with her struggling mother being her only support. Today, she is crying....
Spotlight on traffic - Road repair thrust
Transport and Works Minister Mike Henry has announced a raft of programmes to rehabilitate Jamaica's road network.During his contribution to the 2008/2009 Sectoral Debate in Parliament, Henry put the road repair bill at $5.6 billion,...
BRIEFS: Smith recovering
Minister of Telecommunications and Mining, Derrick Smith, is recovering after surgery last week to his right foot. Smith, who is diabetic, left for the United States last week.
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