AT LEAST two unions representing public-sector workers have shot down a Government proposal to implement the 2009 seven per cent wage increase this year on condition that workers forgo retroactive sums due....
PSOJ: Keep eyes on YUTE - The Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) plans to use the first anniversary of the Tivoli Gardens incursion to draw greater attention to the Youth Upliftment Through Employment (YUTE) programme...
Army and police vehicles of all sizes and shapes, ensconced near the Tivoli Gardens Community Centre, are a common sight these days. So, too, are the uniformed policemen and women who took over the much-vaunted Presidential Click office one year ago...
A Jamaican flag raised at the top of a high-rise building was the signal from the security forces that they had taken control of the west Kingston enclave of Tivoli Gardens last May.
For years, any operation by the security forces into Tivoli Gardens...
WESTERN BUREAU: Secretary manager of the St James Parish Council, Winston Palmer, says it is about 75 per cent ready with its disaster response plan as the parish readies for the hurricane season, which officially...
I don't really believe all of that because when they say give away all your worldly things, why should you give away your worldly things and the world is going to end? How those who get it going benefit?...
BACKED BY emergency powers in the immediate aftermath of the security forces' incursion into west Kingston, the Jamaica Constabulary Force introduced a new crime-fighting tool - announcing the names of 'persons of interest' who should present themselves...
WESTERN BUREAU: Four of the six persons detained in connection with the May 3rd kidnapping of a toddler from Mount Alvernia Preparatory in Montego Bay, St James, will have their bail applications heard on May 26.The four, 27-year-old Jenise Regisford;...
Jamaica Labour Party General Secretary, Aundré Franklin, said yesterday that he witnessed the fatal shooting by police of 18-year-old Grants Pen resident André Thomas on September 28, 2007...
Shock and grief swept across a section of Olympic Gardens, St Andrew, yesterday morning as residents looked at the body of 25-year-old Shameca Granville, who was electrocuted in a mango tree.The commanding officer for St Andrew South, Senior...
With a saturation to date of approximately 50 per cent of the Jamaican market, Flow continues to invest billions in its operations with the hope that within 15 to 20 years it will be the preferred choice...
"I believe a lot in solving problems. "I believe a lot in solving problems. My mind is always going in that direction," said Silton 'Maas Gussie' Townsend.
The Gleaner caught up with him recently at his office at Webster Memorial Church...
LINSTEAD, St Catherine: AS THE St Catherine Parish Council moves to ease traffic congestion in the town of Linstead, work on a new transportation centre is expected to begin next month.According to council chairman Andrew...
WESTERN BUREAU: People's National Party (PNP) supporters in North Trelawny are seemingly now singing a tune of acceptance for attorney-at-law Patrick Atkinson, who has been endorsed by the party's executive as the man to replace outgoing Member...
BRAETON, St Catherine: ONE COULD hardly believe that Doris 'Cissy' Taylor is 100 years old, due to her vivacious nature and her keen sense of humour."Mi born April 4, 1911 in Morant Bay, and mi live deh fi years, but now mi...
FALMOUTH, Trelawny:WITH MORE traffic on the Falmouth to Martha Brae roadway in Trelawny because of the former's development, there is now more danger for the many children...
FALMOUTH, Trelawny:CHAIRMAN OF the Trelawny disaster preparedness committee and mayor of Falmouth, Collen Gager, said the parish is in a state of readiness as the Atlantic hurricane season approaches. ...
The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) is refusing to make public the findings of an internal review conducted into its operations during last year's west Kingston incursion. The silence of the JDF has not gone down well with Dr Carolyn Gomes, executive director...
Industry and Commerce Minister Karl Samuda yesterday said the Government will not relent in its bid to have the Dominican Republic conform to trade rules.Samuda, who on Monday night said cement importers would...
SANGUINETTI, Clarendon: RESIDENTS OF Sanguinetti and its environs in North West Clarendon are urging the councillor for the area, Richard Azan, to take the necessary steps in having the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) collect their garbage...
Ralph Nelson, principal of Cross Keys High, yesterday said his school is "violence-prone" and does not have the necessary resources to deal with the indiscipline.
Several school administrators are calling on the Ministry of Education to intensify its efforts to rid the education system of the current shift system. These administrators say it is undoubtedly a blight on primary and secondary education...
The unofficial death toll from the security forces' incursion into west Kingston last May has been put at 73; there is yet to be an official count. Scores of persons were injured, the damage to buildings and property was estimated at many millions of dollars ...
ST ANN'S BAY: St Ann: WHILE STILL sticking to its central focus of education and safety for children, the St Ann-based Thread Foundation has broadened its scope somewhat and has aided in the repair of a section of roadway close to two schools in the parish.
President-designate of the Caribbean Court of Justice, Sir Charles Byron, is on a visit to Jamaica. Byron, who arrived yesterday for a four-day visit, is the special guest of the Jamaican Bar Association. During his...
