A mother's grief - Woman mourns sexual assault and murder of 11-year-old son
SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland: Overwhelmed with grief, Ketura Bennett yesterday recalled the good times she shared with her son, Christopher Suckra, whose body was found hours earlier in cane fields at Blue Castles, near Georges Plain, in Westmoreland...
Mean streets did not break Steele - Education, determination pay off for finance director
Thirty-four-year-old Marcus Steele had a rough childhood, but he did not allow his situation to prevent him from succeeding and today, he is the finance director for Carreras Group Limited. Steele was born in Payne Land, an inner-city community off Spanish Town...
Hanover ahead in land tax compliance
WESTERN BUREAU:The parish of Hanover holds the distinction of being the island's most compliant parish where the collection rate of property taxes is concerned, with a 61 per cent compliance rate. Mayor of Lucea and chairman of the Hanover Parish Council...
Four children fatherless after Green Pond killings
WESTERN BUREAU: Four St James children have been left fatherless after Wednesday night's deadly rampage in Green Pond that claimed the lives of four people.Two others - a 36-year-old man and a 14-year-old girl - have been hospitalised with gunshot injuries...
A strong Jamaican heart
Today, The Gleaner presents the views of Doreen Frankson, immediate past president of the Jamaica Manufacturers' Association, on the positive traits of Jamaica as a nation.The resilience of Jamaican women transcends any economic or social burden.
LIME warns of global mobile scam
Regional telecommunications giant LIME (formerly Cable and Wireless) is warning customers to watch out for a scam which could use up the credit on their cellular telephones.LIME says it has been made aware that some of its customers have been receiving...
Police nab more than 100 gangsters this year
The police are reporting that since the start of the year, 130 prominent gang members have been arrested and charged as part of a major crackdown on criminal networks that are being blamed for more than 80 per cent of the major crimes in Jamaica....
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