Back on board - Lewin withdraws resignation
Police Commissioner Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin yesterday withdrew his resignation as Jamaica's top cop. Lewin stepped down as the nation's chief constable on Monday but rescinded yesterday after discussions with members of the Police Service Commission...
Obama seals nomination
WASHINGTON (AP): Barack Obama sealed the Democratic presidential nomination yesterday, a historic step towards his once-improbable goal of becoming the first black United States president. Meanwhile, a defeated Hillary Rodham Clinton manoeuvred for the vice-presidential spot...
Heaven help us! - Church wants opportunity to talk with gunmen
THE CHURCH wants the chance to negotiate with gunmen as part of a thrust to help to fight crime in Jamaica. The Reverend Dr Peter Garth, president of the Jamaica Association of Evangelicals, said during a Gleaner Editors' Forum yesterday that the Church...
ATTACKING PRAEDIAL LARCENY - Security costs adding to increasing food bill
President of the Jamaica Pig Farmers' Association, Annabel Williams, believes praedial larceny has contributed to the country's spiralling food bill, as thousands of dollars spent on security is being passed on to consumers. Williams told The Gleaner this week ...
Urban crush drives traffic woes
The failure of the state to implement an uncompromising transportation policy has contributed to the traffic mayhem unfolding on Jamaica's streets. Add that to unstructured urban planning, and commuters face a Pandora's box of woes....
Gov't moves forward with cassava plan
More than 200 acres of farmland in St Catherine is now being prepared as the Government moves to kick-start its campaign to cultivate more cassava islandwide.Dean Passard, coordinator of the Cassava Industrialisation Initiative at the Ministry of Agriculture...
Gov't to take over St Joseph's Hospital
RUDYARD SPENCER, minister of health and environment, announced yesterday that the Government would, next week, sign an agreement to acquire the St Joseph's Hospital in Kingston.In his contribution to the 2008/2009 Sectoral Debate in Gordon House,...
Campaigning against murders in black
They came from near and far, in all styles of attire but all in black to express outrage at the murders being committed in Jamaica. Civilians from all sectors of society went to the Denham Town Police Station, west Kingston, yesterday in protest against the crime wave ...
VOXPOP
Following the decision of Police Commissioner Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin to withdraw his resignation yesterday, a team from The Gleaner's Western Bureau took to the streets of downtown Montego Bay, St James, and asked persons: "Do you think the Police...
Bus fare increase
Come June 14, commuters travelling on rural stage buses and hackney carriages (chartered taxis) will have to pay 25 per cent more in fares.Transport and Works Minister, Mike Henry, made the announcement yesterday following consultation with members of the Cabinet...
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