Jamaica Gleaner Lead Stories
Published: Monday Tuesday | March 17, 2009
Triple the fun - Inner-city trio impresses teachers, do well in school
IMAGINE HAVING the same three faces in your class and not being able to figure out who is who.Well, that's the situation in one grade-nine class at Tivoli Comprehensive High School in Kingston, where triplets Colliette, Cadine and Colleen Bramwell are all students... Read More...
Four face prison for stealing electricity
Four persons scheduled to appear before the courts today face possible jail time for the illegal use of electricity in St Mary. Among the four is a Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) contractor who was fingered as the provider of the illegal connection... Read More...
e-Services workers safe - New owner says no staff restructuring
The nearly 4,000 workers employed to the Montego Bay-based e-Services Limited are expected to retain their jobs, according to Affiliated Computer Services, Inc (ACS). The company is in discussions to purchase the local information technology operation from Patrick Casserly... Read More...
'We have no regrets' - Do-gooders say reputation, honesty and good example are better than stolen cash
Three months after legal secretary Dhaima Brookes and police officer Michelle Lewis made the news by returning $1 million they had found at an ATM, the women are adamant that, despite mixed responses from the public, they have no regrets... Read More...
Bolt strikes gold for children's charity
NEW YORK: The fastest man alive is also quick to help those in need.Three-time Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt is donating three signed pairs of his signature gold shoes to charity. The famous footwear will be auctioned to benefit the New York-based Jamaican charity... Read More...
GG suspends Turks & Caicos' constitution
PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos (CMC): Governor Gordon Wetherall yesterday announced plans for a partial suspension of the constitution of the Turks and Caicos Islands, ending ministerial government for a period of two years... Read More...
MAJ president summoned - Members to press her at meeting about role in controversial hospital report
MEMBERS OF the Medical Association of Jamaica (MAJ) have summoned the president, Dr Rosemarie Wright-Pascoe, to an extraordinary general meeting to explain her contribution to the committee which investigated operations at the National Chest Hospital in St Andrew... Read More...
Pusey convicted of manslaughter in Peter King case
After deliberating for three and a half hours yesterday, a jury convicted 25-year-old waiter and carpenter Sheldon Pusey of manslaughter arising from the fatal stabbing and chopping of 64-year-old Ambassador Peter King. Senior Puisne Judge Marva McIntosh... Read More...
Suspect in Chambers' death killed in shoot-out
One of the chief suspects wanted in connection with the June 2008 slaying of then chairman of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), Douglas Chambers, was shot and killed yesterday morning during a reported gunfight with the police... Read More...
Transport minister issues policy revision
A team led by Transport and Works Minister Mike Henry is to undertake a major review of a number of operational procedures and policies within the public-transportation sector, particularly in relation to operations of the Transport ... Read More...
