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Published:Monday | February 7, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Rededication of the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Kingston on its 100th anniversary yesterday...

Published:Monday | February 7, 2011 | 12:00 AM

CHILD ADOPTION is still a strong tradition in Jamaica and its roots are deeply based in rural communities across the island. Parents who are unable to meet the basic needs of their offspring often hand these children to an older couple or a well-to-do friend...

Published:Monday | February 7, 2011 | 12:00 AM

GENEVA (AP): A VISIT former United States President George W. Bush planned to make to Switzerland next week has been cancelled because of security concerns, after left-wing groups called for mass protests and rights activists proposed legal action...

Published:Monday | February 7, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Toronto's new Mayor, Rob Ford, has continued the trend of his predecessors by proclaiming February 6 as Bob Marley Day. This is the 20th year, and Mayor Ford, who was elected in October 2010, is the sixth Toronto Mayor to officially proclaim the day....

Published:Monday | February 7, 2011 | 12:00 AM

WESTERN BUREAU: Opposition spokesman on Tourism, Dr Wykeham McNeill, is standing by his statement that cruise-ship arrivals to Ocho Rios, St Ann, and Montego Bay in St James this year will see declining traffic. In a release yesterday, McNeill said he wants...

Published:Monday | February 7, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Chairman of the National Youth Council, Ryan Small, is scoffing at criticisms levelled against himself and his peers by the leadership of Jamaica Labour Party affiliate Generation 2000 (G2K).At the same time, Small claimed the nation's political youth...

Published:Monday | February 7, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Dr Fenton Ferguson, opposition spokesman on health, is claiming that administrative and health-care issues in northeast hospitals could be a sign that the health system is failing...

Published:Monday | February 7, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Just over 300 people residing in Tavern, St Andrew, registered for free birth certificates for the first time recently at the Hope Tavern Sports Complex. The Social Development Commission (SDC) spearheaded an initiative allowing community residents...

Published:Monday | February 7, 2011 | 12:00 AM

The Kingston Harbour seems to be the second-largest garbage dump in the Corporate Area. Riverton City is the first. The harbour, lined with garbage, is home to items such as plastic bottles (which top the list), old appliances, tyres, plastic bags...

Published:Sunday | February 6, 2011 | 12:00 AM

On December 9, 2001, The Sunday Gleaner reported that "The number of deaths caused by licensed firearm holders has been increasing over the last four years ... .

Published:Sunday | February 6, 2011 | 12:00 AM

It now seems the caution sign displayed at most construction sites declaring that men are at work should be amended to read 'Women at work'.

Published:Sunday | February 6, 2011 | 12:00 AM

DIVERSITY in the workplace is an issue that is widely discussed in many organisations across continents.

Published:Sunday | February 6, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Almost 21 months after an inferno led to the death of seven girls at the Armadale Juvenile Correctional Centre, at least 30 survivors are set to receive hefty financial compensation as the Government has finally accepted liability for the fire.

Published:Sunday | February 6, 2011 | 12:00 AM

NEARLY EIGHT months after he was charged with perverting the course of justice and harbouring a fugitive, head of the Fellowship Tabernacle Church, the Reverend Al Miller, is in trouble again with the police.

Published:Sunday | February 6, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Male nurse Roy Wallace's aim is to be "first and foremost, an ambassador for Jamaica" while working in Canada. He was among a group of pre-university school-trained practical...

Published:Sunday | February 6, 2011 | 12:00 AM

AS THE political crisis in Egypt escalates, so has the price of oil, once again underlining the vulnerability of countries like Jamaica which are highly dependent on imported oil as a fuel source.

Published:Sunday | February 6, 2011 | 12:00 AM

A licensed firearm holder relates an experience of an encounter on a public-passenger vehicle that could easily have resulted in a shooting.

Published:Sunday | February 6, 2011 | 12:00 AM

BAD ROADS are spoiling what would otherwise be an idyllic trip from Yallahs in St Thomas to Manchioneal in Portland.

Published:Sunday | February 6, 2011 | 12:00 AM

One objective of the Firearm Licensing Authority is to reduce the number of shootings involving licensed firearm holders.

Published:Saturday | February 5, 2011 | 12:00 AM

OCHO RIOS, St Ann:MORE THAN half-a-billion dollars is to be spent under the Jamaica Development Infrastructure Programme on Fern Gully in St Ann.

Published:Saturday | February 5, 2011 | 12:00 AM

A MISUNDERSTANDING by the public about the purpose of yesterday's farmers' market is the main reason some potential customers were disappointed, according to Cecil Thoms, director of communications at the agriculture...

Published:Saturday | February 5, 2011 | 12:00 AM

FORMER POLICE Commissioner Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin said yesterday that National Security Minister Dwight Nelson told him the Jamaica Labour Party government could fall if it rushed to extradite Christopher 'Dudus'...

Published:Saturday | February 5, 2011 | 12:00 AM

An ERRONEOUS reading in the emergency signal in the cockpit was blamed for the emergency landing of a Jet Blue aircraft at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston on Thursday night.

Published:Saturday | February 5, 2011 | 12:00 AM

SHRINKING JOB opportunities are dictating that Jamaicans would be better served by preparing themselves to go into business, with the aim of creating job opportunities for others.

Published:Saturday | February 5, 2011 | 12:00 AM

BRUCE GOLDING was the engine behind the engagement of United States law firm Manatt, Phelps & Phillips and Cabinet Minister Daryl Vaz was the man carrying out his instructions.

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