Rewarded at last - Ministry redeems 2007 scholarship nominee with $1.4m
Kristi Charles, the child who was denied a Scotiabank Jamaica Foundation Scholarship for her performance in the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) last year, has now been granted $1.4 million towards her Harvard college college fund. Kristi, who received the highest grades islandwide...
PEOPLE POWER - Long, hard road travelled by Flankers Community Centre
WESTERN BUREAU: A resilient Flankers Community Development Centre has marched through turbulent circumstances to be one of seven community organisations shortlisted for the coveted Michael Manley Award for Community Self-Reliance. The non-governmental organisation...
Do it for the dads
Fathers should be pampered too. Father's Day is usually celebrated with less fanfare than Mother's Day. This Sunday, let fathers know that being a dad is appreciated.
Yesterday The Gleaner went through the stores of Cross Roads, St Andrew, in search of possible gift...
What's right with Jamaica !
Internationally, Jamaica has enjoyed a level of cultural and political influence that for many decades has been way out of proportion to its population and economy. This is due to the individual and collective talents and achievements of our musicians, athletes, entrepreneurs...
VoxPOP
What do you think influenced the change of support to the People's National Party (PNP) in the Gleaner/Bill Johnson poll published on June 11?
Jamaicans more careful when shopping
It seems prices are going up every day. The cost of living today is miles away from where it was just a year ago. But what is to be blamed? Most Jamaicans think the worldwide oil price increase is the main culprit. In a recent Gleaner-commissioned...
Church rallies against crime
The Church in Kingston and Montego Bay, St James, is vigorously rallying against the violence occurring in the capitals. Under siege from the bloodletting in the Second City, a number of placard-bearing women from the Mount Salem Open Bible Church...
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