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LIKE THE fruit from which it takes its name, GRAPE - an anti-crime initiative of the Clarendon police - is being carefully nurtured by crime fighters in the parish who are hopeful it will yield sweet results.As part of a move to rescue at-risk youths...

WESTERN BUREAU: "He was my gentle giant, a big baby, he never fought a day in his life. He was gentle, too soft for this world ... ." These are the pain-tinged words of a mother, Myrtle Lee Reid, steeped in grief over the slaying of her 16-year-old son...

WESTERN BUREAU:REGARDED as the New Kingston of the west, the new mega-shopping and retail district of Fairview in Montego Bay, St James, has had two significant impacts on the city.The first impact is "absolutely...

Great public cynicism brought about by flagrant political gamesmanship over 20 years, last week robbed the passage of the Bill titled the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms in the House of Representatives of its historical significance.

WESTERN BUREAU: Thousands of Caribbean teachers who were lured to the United States with promises of better-paying jobs, improved educational opportunities, housing assistance, and the path to permanent residency are crying foul, claiming that they are victims of victimisation.

It was a battle of wills between two urbane gentlemen on Wednesday and Thursday, but everything changed on Friday at a sitting in which lawyers and witness appealed repeatedly to Emil George, chairman of the Manatt commission of enquiry, to control the antagonists.

REALISING THE universal dissatisfaction with the way mathematics is being taught, Neal Koblitz, professor of mathematics at the University of Washington, has been travelling around the world presenting creative...

FORMER MANAGING director of Carreras Limited, Michael Bernard, is the Jamaica Institute of Management (JIM)/Gleaner 2010 Manager of the Year.

HARSH WORDS were traded yesterday between Prime Minister Bruce Golding and K.D. Knight, the attorney representing the People's National Party, as the atmosphere at the Manatt-Dudus commission of enquiry took on a caustic flavour.

THE MANATT-Dudus commission of enquiry has been granted another extension. Chairman of the commission Emil George disclosed that he has been given until May 16 to complete his work.

PRIME MINISTER Bruce Golding has dismissed suggestions that he got entangled in the Christopher Coke extradition matter because the fugitive was an influential figure in the West Kingston constituency he represents.

MAY PEN, Clarendon: GLEANER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Garfield Grandison has challenged policymakers to turn the spotlight on rural communities to promote economic growth and job creation.