"Time to take back the streets," said a motorist as he drove past a Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) team. And that was obviously the intention of the security forces....
The mayhem started late Sunday May 23, 2010 as armed men brazenly took on the security forces in a sustained attack on police stations in anticipation of the attempt to apprehend strongman Christopher 'Dudus' Coke.It ended three days later, leaving...
ON SUNDAY, May 23, 2010, a Gleaner team observed a large convoy of Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) vehicles - including armoured trucks - with soldiers heading into Kingston along Michael Manley Boulevard as the police appealed for Christopher 'Dudus' Coke...
While Energy and Mining Minister James Robertson has yet to learn why his American visa has been cancelled, documents obtained by The Gleaner indicate the United States has long accepted that its right to issue visas could be a powerful tool to keep...
In active support of Labour Day 2011, being recognised today, 250 employees from the National Commercial Bank Jamaica Limited (NCB) will be undertaking two major projects that will see the renovating of libraries and classrooms at St Jude's Primary...
The sense of peace of having a good roof over one's head is something that every individual dreams of in life. This helps to understand the joy felt by 77-year-old widow Cassinia Smith, as she witnessed the work done by volunteers on her two-bedroom house...
Twelve youths on a mission trip from Canada fed, bathed, clothed and visited hundreds of individuals between St Ann and St James as part of the Brown's Town Seventh-day Adventist Church one-week of revival and outreach initiative, which climaxed this past Saturday...
Opposition Member of Parliament Dr Peter Phillips, who emerged with high marks in 2009 for his attempts to keep the extradition request for Christopher 'Dudus' Coke on the front burner, has reportedly admitted he was trying to push the Government into action.
It appears that only a shortage of cash prevented the Government from establishing a top-secret unit staffed by foreigners to target corrupt police and state officials.
The Ministry of Labour and Social Security yesterday obtained a court injunction forcing members of the Jamaica Air Traffic Controllers Association (JATCA) to cease strike action....
International human-rights group, Amnesty International, has called for Jamaican authorities to bring to justice those responsible for human-rights violations, including the killing of 74 people in Kingston, during a state of emergency imposed last May...
AFTER A policeman shot 43-year-old Orville Wray, he walked back inside the Alexandria Police Station in St Ann, leaving the wounded man slumped and clinging to life.Wray was then pulled into his brother's black BMW sport utility vehicle...
WILLIAMSFIELD, Manchester: THE WELFARE of children has been a topical issue for many years, with persons, such as the now-retired children's advocate Mary Clarke, championing their cause.However, while some institutions...
FRUITFUL VALE, Portland: EDUCATION MINISTER Andrew Holness last Wednesday announced that a new high school is to be constructed in Portland as part of the Government's initiative to increase opportunities and standard for every student. ...
MANY OF Jamaica's top track and field athletes over the years have been past students of St Jago High School. The Spanish Town, St Catherine-based institution helped produce the likes of Bert Cameron, Melaine Walker, Yohan Blake, Kenia Sinclair and Kerron Stewart.
THEY SANG their little hearts out, inspiring the audience with their melodious voices and music that could send shivers up your spine. These were students from El Instituto de Mandevilla, in Mandeville, singing the 'I Believe' theme song that created...
Opposition member of parliament (MP) for South Central St Catherine, Sharon Hay-Webster, has refused to immediately address claims made in a diplomatic cable from the United States Embassy, which raise questions...
ROADSIDE MURALS in Tivoli Gardens, the bedrock of Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) support in West Kingston, which once had the image of Bruce Golding, have been defaced. Paint has been daubed over the faces of Golding and his family by persons thought ...
WITH DATA showing that about 127,000 of the island's youth are unattached, Youth Upliftment Through Employment (YUTE) is pressing ahead to empower youths in some troubled communities. The programme was designed to be a part...
PORT ANTONIO, Portland:THE PORT Antonio Hospital which provides services to thousands of residents will this Labour Day receive a well-deserved facelift and beautification of its lawn.The facility has been selected...
New information from the United States Embassy in Kingston has led to questions about whether Opposition Member of Parliament for South Central St Catherine Sharon Hay-Webster deliberately set out to mislead the Jamaican people about her dual-nationality status.
Several men and women express the view that they would support the idea of a man having more than wife, but for fear of getting in trouble with their 'one and only', they could only comment on the condition of anonymity. Others, however, do not support the idea.
The United States Embassy in Kingston labelled the Golding administration as two-faced and suggested that the prime minister was less than honest on at least two occasions when he first responded to questions in Parliament about the extradition request for Christopher 'Dudus' Coke.
Senior medical executives at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) have refused to address questions raised about a possible conflict of...
