Jamaica Gleaner News
Published: Monday Tuesday | January 13, 2009
High-ranking cop dies
WESTERN BUREAU: Assistant Superintendent of Police Dave Hyman, who was considered one of the rising stars of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), has died.The 42-year-old officer reportedly died at the University Hospital of the West Indies yesterday morning...
God help us! - Religious, political leaders pray for peace in Spanish Town
SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine: Church and civic leaders took to the streets of Spanish Town Sunday in a show of unity against the scourge of crime and violence and prayed for divine intervention in 2009. The mass effort led by the Spanish Town Ministers' Fraternal ...
Church playing critical role - PM
The Church has a critical role to play in holding communities together amid constant global changes, Prime Minister Bruce Golding has said."(Communities) have to be established and maintained deliberately, because if they don't, they will disappear ...
Accused priest killer begs for mercy
The man charged with the murder of Anglican priest, Father Richard Johnson, wept openly in court yesterday as he begged the jury for a chance to help his mother.Prince Vale, 25-year-old labourer of Stony Hill, St Andrew, said in an unsworn statement...
Television networks target Web users
NEW YORK (AP): In all their planning to cover Barack Obama's inauguration as the nation's 44th president, television networks have paid particular attention to people who must spend their day in front of a computer. CBS News has built a special...
MTV to have a 'bama ball
WASHINGTON (AP): MTV will be broadcasting from President-elect Barack Obama's Youth Inaugural Ball on January 20, the cable network announced Sunday. Obama is scheduled to speak at the event, one of 10 official inaugural balls. The Presidential Inaugural Committee ...
Gay US bishop to offer prayer at inaugural event
CONCORD, New Hampshire (AP): The first openly gay Episcopal bishop will offer a prayer at the Lincoln Memorial at an inaugural event for President-elect Barack Obama. The selection of New Hampshire Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson for Sunday's event follows...
Grange charges SDC to do more
Olivia 'Babsy' Grange, minister of information, culture, youth and sports, has called on the Social Development Commission (SDC) to do more to increase its contact with the 785 communities across Jamaica. Grange's exhortation to the SDC came as she...
Ambassador donates to hospital, school
Outgoing United States (US) Ambassador to Jamaica, Brenda LaGrange Johnson, on Friday donated more than 3,500 textbooks to Titchfield High school as well as medical supplies worth $1.5 million to the Port Antonio Hospital...
