Singer Gregory Isaacs, whose dapper outfits and smooth delivery made him reggae's undisputed 'Cool Ruler', died yesterday in London after a yearlong battle with cancer.
Newly appointed president of the Lay Magistrates' Association of Jamaica (LMAJ), Rion Hall, says training justices of the peace (JPs) in the role of restorative justice will be the hallmark of his three-year...
THREE MONTHS ago, The Gavel asked that the veil of secrecy around the use of the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) be torn down. We argued then that secrecy is the shield often used by the corrupt to hide their deeds...
Constituency Development Fund (CDF)-loving members of parliament (MP) stoutly resisted attempts by technocrats from the fund's Programme Management Unit to limit their spending on Christmas work in their constituencies....
THE ABSENCE of a national policy on breast-cancer screening is hampering the island's fight against the disease, say officials at the Jamaica Cancer Society (JCS). Speaking at a symposium at the Mona Visitors' Lodge yesterday...
Red tape which has tripped up entrepreneurs and mummified merchants has come in for a battering by Karl Samuda, Jamaica's industry, investment and commerce minister, who on Saturday vowed revolutionary action in tackling the bureaucracy that stifles...
WESTERN BUREAU: The upgrading of the Boscobel Aerodrome in St Mary has re-energised talks of flights between Santiago de Cuba and Jamaica, says Jamaica Air Shuttle Chairman Christopher Read.Read, whose company...
It was a gloomy Sunday morning for residents of Henley Road, Kingston, who awoke to the tragic death of two of their community members, who were mowed down by a motor car.Bernice Gary, 65, and Elser Stone, 51, were on their...
COAL BURNER, overseas farm worker and now fisherman. Harry Smith has done quite a few jobs and excelled at them all, to hear him tell it. "See all that, me a teacher," he says, as we get back into the car and head towards Milk River...
Josef Silva has not lived in a real house since the January 12 earthquake which ravaged sections of Haiti. He survives daily by selling snacks and sweets at the door of an infant school located...
The developer of a controversial apartment complex in the upscale community of Tavistock Terrace in Millsborough, Kingston 6, has offered to meet with disgruntled residents who harbour concerns about engineering issues....
Over the next two weeks I will be focusing on an area that many individuals view as being relevant only to skills training and specifically for persons at the lower level of the skills training band, that of...
Kadesha 'Delly' McKenzie could move into her new house today, but any joy will be tempered by one of the most painful acts any parent could face - burying a child.
WESTERN BUREAU:Following its recent announcement of the introduction of broadband speeds of 100 megabytes per second (Mbs) to the residential market,...
WESTERN BUREAU: The rising water in sections of eastern Hanover has become an attraction for some curious Jamaicans, but the situation is extremely grave for the affected residents.
Approximately 30 years after the law was passed requiring all public school teachers to be registered, thousands of educators are in the classrooms without fulfilling this requirement.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (AP):Prime Minister David Thompson of Barbados died yesterday following a struggle with pancreatic cancer, the government announced.
The death of Barbados Prime Minister David Thompson yesterday sent shock waves throughout the Barbadian community in Jamaica, even though most knew he was seriously ill.
WESTERN BUREAU:For the fifth consecutive year Jamaica copped the coveted Leading Caribbean Destination award, while taking home 15 additional sectional prizes at the World Travel Awards on Friday night.
MORANT BAY, St. Thomas: The St Thomas Health Department (STHD) is to embark on a massive clean-up drive in November in an effort to reduce the volume of solid waste in the parish.
The Kiwanis Club of Linstead honoured 30 members for two to 30 years of service to the organisation at its 30th anniversary dinner and awards ceremony, recently.
MANDEVILLE, Manchester:Members of the Manchester Parish Council will be scrambling to secure the monetary resources to carry out repairs on the parish's roads and assist residents who have suffered losses as a result of...
