Taylor urges police not to discriminate
SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine: Sociologist and senior lecturer at the University of the West Indies Dr Orville Taylor told a graduating class at the Jamaica Police Academy that they need to expose good principles and not continue as slave for the plantocracy that still exists in Jamaica...
Getting fishermen off the hook
Safety tips at sea - As the most active period of the hurricane season approaches - August to September - Ronald Gordon, inspector at the Maritime Authority of Jamaica, and Lieutenant Keisha Foster of the Jamaica Defence Force coastguard, outline the...
SportsMax deal above board - Rousseau
Patrick Rousseau, chair-man of SportsMax Limited says he expects to be exonerated by the contractor general's probe into the alleged granting of a licence by Caymanas Track Limited (CTL) to SportsMax. The contract is for the supply of satellite services for simulcast ...
12-year-old needs help to fix tumour
SPANISH TOWN, ST CATHERINE: Glenester Young is like any regular 12-year-old, if you don't count the brain tumour that prevents him from pursuing the goal of becoming a neurosurgeon. Young told The Gleaner his illness started last June...
More HIV positive women choose to have babies
Janelle is determined that before her 23rd birthday, she will have her second child. The 22-year-old is HIV-positive. "I don't know how long I am going to live," she says candidly. "Yes, there is medication to make me live longer with HIV now, but opportunistic...
Lessons from Seabiscuit (Part 5) - Your best is yet to come
"We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems."The big day arrived for Seabiscuit. The Pimlico racetrack was filled to capacity. Thousands were allowed inside the track to stand, joining the thousands seated in the stands.
Danny Buchanan's son loses poll in SW St Elizabeth
BLACK RIVER, St Elizabeth: Dr John Brown on Sunday defeated Hugh Buchanan by 16 votes to win chairmanship of the People's National Party (PNP) constituency executive in South West St Elizabeth. The results were released at the end of the closed-door session...
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