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Published:Friday | August 6, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The late Rita Marie Elliot was remembered as a woman who cared deeply for her family and friends.As the raindrops sprinkled the courtyard of the Stella Maris church, Shortwood Road, St Andrew, mourners took their places...

Published:Friday | August 6, 2010 | 12:00 AM

St Ann Resident Magistrate Carolyn Tie has ruled that two of the policemen placed in detention following the shooting death of a man in Buckfield, Ocho Rios, last Thursday, must be charged by August 10 or released until...

Published:Friday | August 6, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Twenty-two years ago when Karl Jumi was contemplating a future after high school, his father - the late Moses Jumi, six-time national champion farmer - made...

Published:Friday | August 6, 2010 | 12:00 AM

For the second straight month, murders and other major crimes continue to plummet with 85 homicides recorded in July. This is close to 50 per cent less than the 163 murders recorded in July last year and seven less murders than recorded last month....

Published:Friday | August 6, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Former United States ambassador to Jamaica, Susan Cobb, advertising icon Arnold Foote, businessman and educator Dr Marshall Hall, Monsignor Gregory Ramkissoon and Professor Emeritus Sylvia Wynter head the list of 98 people conferred with national honours...

Published:Friday | August 6, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Clinton hails nation on Independence - United States Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has underscored the long-standing close relationship between Kingston and Washington in her message to mark Jamaica's Independence Day ...

Published:Friday | August 6, 2010 | 12:00 AM

THE HOTSHOT attorneys retained to represent alleged drug lord Christopher 'Dudus' Coke are upbeat as they start preparing for a trial that will be of interest around the world...

Published:Friday | August 6, 2010 | 12:00 AM

ONE OF the local attorneys slated to represent colleagues of Christopher 'Dudus' Coke and three companies in which the alleged drug lord is a shareholder is crying foul...

Published:Thursday | August 5, 2010 | 12:00 AM

History buff and clairvoyant Terry Wilmot is dead.Her brother, Professor Swithin Wilmot, told The Gleaner that her body was discovered at her St Andrew home Friday morning, but gave no cause of death.Wilmot...

Published:Thursday | August 5, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The leadership of negotiating organisations and bargaining units have dispatched a stern warning to the Bruce Golding administration not to dish out its usual menu...

Published:Thursday | August 5, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) has received $23.5 million from the National Health Fund (NHF) to help build a 783,000-gallon water tank, one of the largest water-storage tanks in Jamaica.Dr Trevor McCartne...

Published:Thursday | August 5, 2010 | 12:00 AM

A team of police investigators is now trying to locate the person who videotaped last week's shooting of a man by lawmen in Buckfield, St Ann, as well as the cellular phone he used to capture the controversial images....

Published:Thursday | August 5, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The great demand for West Indian red pepper has led Clarendon farmer Michael Folkes to invest heavily in its cultivation.Folkes, the son of a farmer, is currently growing several acres of the highly sought-after pepper...

Published:Thursday | August 5, 2010 | 12:00 AM

New York attorneys Steve Zissou and Elizabeth E. Macedonio have been retained as defence counsel for alleged crime boss Christopher 'Dudus' Coke.

Published:Thursday | August 5, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Betty Ann Blaine, convenor of Jamaica's newest political party, says the New Nation Coalition (NNC) movement intends to tap into the pool of uncommitted voters and those calling for a change in government...

Published:Wednesday | August 4, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Three policemen detained in the controversial police shooting of a man in Buckfield, Ocho Rios, will remain behind bars, at least until Thursday, after a writ of habeas corpus filed by the attorney-at-law for two of them...

Published:Wednesday | August 4, 2010 | 12:00 AM

After acting in the post for more than six months, Glenmore Hinds has been promoted to the rank of deputy commissioner of police. Hinds, then an assistant commissioner of police, was selected to act as a deputy commissioner in November 2009...

Published:Wednesday | August 4, 2010 | 12:00 AM

THE devastating effects of ganja cultivation in Eastern Westmoreland on legitimate farming activities there have forced the member of parliament to call for a revolutionary land policy in his constituency.Luther Buchanan wants farmers in his...

Published:Wednesday | August 4, 2010 | 12:00 AM

JN Small Business Loans Limited (JNSBL), the micro credit arm of the JN Group, has created a loan product geared to assist micro farmers. The product, Farmer's Choice, announced at the Denbigh Agricultural and Industrial Show 2010 in Clarendon on the weekend...

Published:Wednesday | August 4, 2010 | 12:00 AM

One of the sustainable farming practices in Kingston and St Andrew is hillside farming and, according to a Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) extension and marketing officer, this method can be improved using affordable means....

Published:Wednesday | August 4, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Clearly stunned by the loss of three crime fighters in eight days, Minister of National Security Dwight Nelson and Police Commissioner Owen Ellington have rushed to place security personnel on "extreme" alert. ...

Published:Wednesday | August 4, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The fraud trial of former Cash Plus boss Carlos Hill will move to the Home Circuit Court after the current break, as prosecutors seek to have him convicted of the most serious charge arising from the failed investment scheme...

Published:Wednesday | August 4, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Faced with a deluge of criticisms over the erroneous report it released on last week's fatal shooting by the police of a man in Buckfield, St Ann, the Constabulary Communication Network (CCN) is urging Jamaicans...

Published:Wednesday | August 4, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Denbigh was almost short a bee-and-honey farmer this year. Miguel Mullings, a bee farmer and honey producer, seemed to start off on an unlucky foot as he prepared for the trip...

Published:Wednesday | August 4, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Supreme Court Justice Roy Anderson has labelled as disrespectful or indifferent Government's approach in refusing to pay monies due to members of the Island Special...

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