'Draconian laws' - Human-rights lobbyist outs Golding's anti-crime plan
GOVERNMENT INTENDS to amend the Bail Act to prevent persons charged with gun offences from obtaining bail within the first 90 days of being arrested. There is also a plan to require mandatory sentencing for specified offences. Prime Minister Bruce Golding is to make these announcements...
What's Right with Jamaica
Phenomenal nation - There are so many things that are right with Jamaica, it's hard to know where to start.Apart from taking the world by storm with our phenomenal accomplishments in the areas of sports, music and culture, the Jamaican diaspora has...
The Rod: Beating stick or method of correction? (Part 2)
This is the second of a two-part series on corporal punishment. The first part was carried on July 7. The reality is that persons cannot give what they do not have. Honestly, how many of us wished our parents or guardians had used a different method, other than corporal punishment...
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Call for Kern info snubbed
TWO WEEKS before Kern Spencer returns to court to answer to fraud and related charges, his constituency executive has called for the release of information which it believes debunks any perceived links between Spencer and the...
Tougher rules to collarill-equipped fishermen - Search continues for missing seamen
Proposed revisions to the 32-year-old Fisheries Act will require fishermen to take safety at sea more seriously, says Minister of Agriculture, Dr Christopher Tufton. Tufton, who is the member of parliament for South West St Elizabeth where the search continues...
Domestic violence statistics alarming
SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine: As efforts continue in advancing the reform of the justice system, the Ministry of Justice is calling for all Jamaicans to assist in easing the high level of domestic violence affecting the nation. During yesterday's launch of the 10th anniversary...
4ever loved - footsteps of the Hird quadruplets
The heat takes a toll - Over the last several weeks, The Gleaner has been following the Hird babies through their family diary. For most of the time, the babies went through the same routine except when they seemed to take turns in waking each other....
Injured cop recovers in hospital
WESTERN BUREAU: The detective corporal who was shot and injured by another policeman in St Elizabeth on Friday is still recuperating at an undisclosed hospital. The police are still withholding his name for security reasons. A police source told The Gleaner yesterday...
Flooding
The following sequence shows motorists braving the flooded Yallahs ford in St Thomas despite warning from onlookers on Saturday
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