Jamaica Gleaner Lead Stories
Published: Monday Thursday | March 26, 2009
Parent patrol - Guardians urged to keep children out of trouble
With less than a week to go before the staging of the Boys' and Girls' Athletics Championships, the Reverend Al Miller, director of the National Transformation Programme (NTP), is urging guardians to join a 'Parent Patrol' to ensure that students keep out of trouble... Read More...
A role model in the making
A 16-year-old schoolboy from a tough inner-city community in Spanish Town, St Catherine, has emerged winner of this year's Shortwood Branch Library Essay Competition. Jerome Burke of Calabar High School topped this year's competition with his piece... Read More...
GSAT D-Day
The Ministry of Education said yesterday that all was in place for the sitting of the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) today and tomorrow. Nearly 50,000 grade-six students are registered to sit the examination, which guides the placement of students ... Read More...
GG scheme hails Sir Kenneth
The sponsors of the Governor General's Achievement Awards (GGAA) scheme yesterday hailed Sir Kenneth Hall for his support of the programme and welcomed Dr Patrick Allen, who has pledged his commitment to the initiative.Sir Kenneth heaped praise on the private sector sponsors ... Read More...
Three cops wounded, Luciano held
International reggae entertainer Jepther McClymont, better known as Luciano, was expected to spend last night in police custody as he faced the possibility of being slapped with multiple charges. The 45-year-old McClymont was arrested yesterday after a shooting incident... Read More...
Cabinet signs off on new Budget today
The Bruce Golding administration will today sign off on its planned expenditure for the 2009-2010 fiscal year. Golding has been meeting with his Cabinet ministers, permanent secretaries and technical staff since the start of the week to take a final look... Read More...
RJR sends home 32
More than 30 employees of the Radio Jamaica Group (RJR) were sent home yesterday as the fallout from the global economic crisis continued to hit local firms.After reporting worrying numbers through the first three quarters of the financial year... Read More...
Kingston College calls in cops to search students
At first glance, the grade-eight students at Kingston College's Melbourne campus looked a well-behaved bunch during yesterday's devotion exercise. However, a closer look showed that not all of them were. Three knives, almost one dozen scissors and a small parcel of ganja ... Read More...
