Jamaica Gleaner News
Published: Monday Wednesday | September 16, 2009
The kind-hearted St Andrew gentleman
Hi neighbour! Wouldn't you agree that whenever we act on problems there is usually more to talk about and to celebrate than when we just talk about them? Yet there are so many persons - if not the majority - who would rather just talk about them. Isn't... Read More...
Issa Trust, Couples medical mission for St Mary, Westmoreland
The fifth annual Issa Trust Foundation and Couples Resorts' medical mission began Monday, at the Port Maria Health Centre in St Mary, with 38 medical volunteers who flew in from the United States to once again offer their services to the benefit of Jamaica's children... Read More...
Chin testimony put on hold
Defence counsel representing Kern Spencer and Coleen Wright yesterday secured an adjournment in the corruption trial under way in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court. Resident Magistrate Judith Pusey granted the adjournment after the defence... Read More...
Christie denies PCJ allegations
CONTRACTOR GENERAL Greg Christie has rejected claims by a senior executive at the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) that his office granted permission for the Ministry of Mining and Energy to use sole sourcing to procure a shipment of ethanol ... Read More...
Jamaicans played key role in Coard's defence
The year was 1979. What the English-speaking Caribbean was about to experience was unprecedented. People had only heard of things like this happening perhaps in Africa and Latin America. An ouster did come close to home once. Read More...
'Flipping' incredible
SAN FRANCISCO (AP): Google Inc is testing a new format that is supposed to make reading online stories as easy as flipping through a magazine, a shift that eventually could feed more advertising sales to revenue-starved publishers.The Internet search... Read More...
What keeps you connected?
Tech Tease asks avid gadget lover, Jamila Hyre, what keeps you connected. What's your favourite gadget? My iPod Nano. When did you get it and where? I got it last summer in New York at a Target chain store... Read More...
NEPA takes cesspool truck driver to court
The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and the St Elizabeth Health Department, has brought court action against a truck driver concerning breaches of the Natural Resources Conservation Authority... Read More...
Inner-city students aim for a change
Steven Blake and Kiwanna Fearon, both high-school students from inner-city communities, have pledged to change their lives after completing the 'Hush the Guns' programme.The two were among 65 individuals hailing from inner-city communities in Kingston ... Read More...
Calls for discounts over cable blackout
The non-transmission of a number of premium movie channels by three of Jamaica's largest cable companies has infuriated many customers who are clamouring for rebates on their bills.Cable operators Flow, Logic One and Telstar have been instructed to put... Read More...
I was never naturally bright, says scholarship winner
Despite always getting good grades in school, 19-year-old Larnelle Simms is hesitant about describing himself as a bright spark."It's hard work, always hard work. I was never naturally bright. I have to put in the hours and dedication ... Read More...
Cabinet to get review of juvenile institutions
National Security Minister Dwight Nelson says a report on a comprehensive review of the islandwide management of juvenile delinquent institutions is to be taken to Cabinet shortly. The minister's disclosure came just after the commission... Read More...
Approval in sight for Spanish hospital
WESTERN BUREAU: President of HOSPITEN, Dr Pedro Luis Cobiella, says he will offer the most modern facility, both in surgical equipment, diagnostics and therapeutic technology at his group's Rose Hall, Montego Bay Spanish hospital when it widens Jamaica's health... Read More...
