David's war - Olint boss readies team for legal showdown
Providenciales, Turks and Caicos: A high-calibre team of Jamaican and international lawyers has flown to the Turks and Caicos Islands to assist Olint Corporation Ltd boss, David Smith, in preparing for a looming legal battle. Attorney-at-law Huntley Watson told The Gleaner...
Youths to guide their own in mentorship programme
SIX YOUTHS from the Jamaica Youth Coalition have embarked on a mission to mentor 60 residents from the Jamaica National Children's Home in Kingston and St Andrew, with assistance from the Insurance Association of Jamaica (IAJ). Fifteen-year-old youth leader Adam Levy...
Brothers on a mission - Youngsters to spend holidays, funds on less fortunate
WESTERN BUREAU: While school is out and summer provides the opportune time for children to have fun, two youngsters have chosen instead to spend their holiday raising funds to assist those in need. Isaiah and Elijah Eley, aged 10 and seven years old, respectively, of Samuel Prospect...
Cops' delays cripple court cases, says judge
Supreme Court Judge Lloyd Hibbert has blamed the police for many cases being thrown out in court because of their failure to write their statements promptly after the events. "It is my belief, and I have had experience of it, that many cases have been dismissed...
Chambers murder suspects on most wanted list
THE POLICE have identified two suspects in the murder of former Jamaican Urban Transit Company Chairman Douglas Chambers. The men's identities were released on the Jamaica Constabulary Force's (JCF) latest instalment of the most-wanted list during a press conference...
'Dust balls' stole the power - JPS
A POWER outage which affected at least five parishes yesterday morning leaving some Jamaica Public Service Company Ltd (JPS) customers without electricity for close to 12 hours is being blamed on 'dust balls'.According to the JPS, the outage, which...
Millionaire thieves - Samuda decries sand theft in Coral Springs
Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Karl Samuda, yesterday rebuked those responsible for removing an estimated 500 truck-loads of sand from a property at Coral Spring, Trelawny. The Island Special Constabulary Force (ISCF) is investigating...
Senior director in education ministry reinstated
A senior education director who was sent on leave by the Ministry of Education after a probe earlier this year has been reinstated.In March, The Gleaner reported that Cheryl Davis-Ivey, director of services in the ministry, received a letter from then...
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