Jamaica Gleaner News- Lead Stories - Tuesday

'They were stupid' - Sangster maintains view on PSC despite Golding's withdrawal of misbehaviour claim

Educator Dr Alfred Sangster is maintaining a hard line against his former colleagues on the Public Service Commission (PSC), despite Prime Minister Bruce Golding's withdrawal of a claim that they were sacked because of misbehaviour while carrying out their duties...

Weapons found in Corporate Area school

A home-made gun and 34 pairs of scissors were among several weapons confiscated during a search of a Corporate Area school earlier this month. Although no arrests were made, Deputy Superintendent Clement Logan, operations officer for the St Andrew...

Jamaica: filled with tremendous talents

Today, The Gleaner presents the thoughts of John Burns, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and London Bureau Chief for the New York Times, on some positive aspects of Jamaica. I grew up in an England where many Jamaicans arrived in the 1950s and '60s ...

PM settles lawsuit with former PSC members

Prime Minister Bruce Golding has said, in an out-of-court settlement with four of the five sacked members of the Public Service Commission (PSC), that his recommendation to sack them was not intended to suggest they were involved in any acts of dishonesty, corruption...

Christmas cleaning jobs to be allotted fairly - Gov't

The Government is adamant that political victimisation will not be tolerated in the administration ofthe annual Christmas clean-up programme.Hundreds of citizens will be employed in the bushing of overgrown shrubbery and the clearing of walkways across the island...

Coroners Act to be amended

The Senate on Friday passed a Bill to amend the Coroners Act in the wake of increased extrajudicial killings by the security forces and the backlog of cases in the Coroner's Court.The bill deals specifically with the appointment of special coroners...

Tuesdaytalk - Hottest topics on the cocktail circuit

Swinging the tax axe 1. Some professionals are complaining of being targeted by the taxman, even while delinquents are enjoying amnesty. A frustrated medic, who has been audited every year since 2004...

MP says meeting needed to deal with crime in Tredegar Park

SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine: Following the mass exodus of more than 200 residents from Gravel Heights in Tredegar Park, St Catherine, Member of Parliament Natalie Neita-Headley has decided that a meeting among all the affected parties should be convened...

Deacon caught trafficking schoolgirl to face trial in April

Former church Deacon Donovan Jones, who is charged with human trafficking, a case involving a 14-year-old schoolgirl, is to face trial on April 15 next year.The trial date was set yesterday when Jones, 48, appeared in the Home Circuit Court...

Crime fighting goes high-tech - New automated fingerprint identification system for St James

WESTERN BUREAU: The fight against crime and violence in St James has received a technological boost, said Assistant Commissioner of Police Denver Frater of the Area One Division. "Our investigative capabilities, in relation to firearm offences...