Nearly half a century of separation and searching ended in jubilation four days ago when 48-year-old Pamella Morgan heard the booming voice of her father Horace Morgan for the first time. Pamella's heart leaped with joy when she was awakened early...
EYEBROWS WERE raised in Gordon House yesterday after it was reported that $21 million was allegedly fleeced from the Ministry of Finance by a senior executive who has since resigned and is said to have...
WESTERN BUREAU: Trinidad and Tobago is expressing grave concern about the US$20-million shortfall in the Caribbean Development Fund (CDF). The US$250-million fund was set up to address economic dislocation...
MONTEGO BAY, St James: Tight-lipped about the preliminary findings of the Air Jamaica-Caribbean Airlines Limited (CAL) probe, Trinidad & Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says the results will not...
CARICOM leaders are urging the United Nations (UN) to rein in non-governmental organisations (NGOs) that rushed to the assistance of Haiti in the wake of the massive January 12 earthquake but are now doing more harm...
Eleven-year-old Jenelle Hinds could not contain the stream that made its way down her cheeks yesterday as the recent Enfield Primary and Junior High School graduate recounted her experience in The Gleaner's Children's Own Spelling Bee...
Thirty-three students who churned out remarkable scores in this year's Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) have reaped the benefits with government scholarships.Revealing the GSAT scholarship winners yesterday afternoon...
NEGRIL, Westmoreland: The Negril and Morgan's Bridge police in Westmoreland were kept busy between Sunday night and Monday morning, as gunmen went on a robbery and shooting spree that left four persons dead and a fifth victim wounded....
Less than a week after the story of Tiffany Biggs, a 20-year-old resident of Tivoli Gardens, west Kingston, appeared in The Gleaner, her life has taken a turn for the better....
CARICOM heads of government will this morning tackle a number of tourism issues in a closed-door session of the regional grouping's 31st conference in Montego Bay, St James. ...
MONTEGO BAY, St James: Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has expressed concern about the use of money allocated to regional governments through CARICOM's petroleum fund. The CARICOM Petroleum...
UNDER NORMAL circumstances, a person importing a 2005 Nissan Titan pickup would pay $1.9 million in customs duties. But after a member of staff at the Ministry of Finance allegedly fraudulently assisted in obtaining a waiver, one importer paid just over...
WESTERN BUREAU: While admitting it was still early days for Jamaica to start celebrating, managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Dominique Strauss-Kahn, said the country was on the right track...
The three civilians who were charged in connection with the guns and ammunition stolen from the police armoury pleaded guilty yesterday.They indicated to the court that they intended to be Crown witnesses against...
Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin vowed last night that history would vindicate him for controversial declarations last week surrounding the extradition saga of reputed drug baron Christopher 'Dudus' Coke, as well as claims by a government minister that Lewin was lying....
Despite less-than-unanimous confidence among Jamaicans that its Government has the will and ability to collar crime on the island, CARICOM leaders yesterday gave a ringing endorsement to Prime Minister Bruce Golding...
After an initial denial, the state-owned Urban Development Corporation (UDC) has admitted that it hired and is still paying millions of dollars to a company partially owned by extradited west Kingston strongman Christopher...
Martin Jackson is pessimistic as he prepares for another hurricane season.He resides in one of the two St Andrew communities which are usually hardest hit at this time of the year.According to Jackson, persons living in the hilly community of Tavern...
KNOWN FOR extreme vulnerability during heavy rainfall, much less hurricanes, the rural St Andrew community of Cane River relies on its residents to fix what the State has not...
A paediatrician and a fashion designer is not a combination you hear every day, but that is what star Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) performer Kadian Farquharson wants to accomplish. The Lannaman's Preparatory School grade-six student, who is bound...
The Press Association of Jamaica (PAJ) has condemned the actions of a policeman who had a confrontation with a CVM TV correspondent who attempted to film the scene of an alleged police killing in St Ann on Saturday.Thirty-one-year-old shopkeeper Donovan...
Two policemen have been arrested in connection with a foiled robbery/kidnap attempt at Catherine Hall in Montego Bay last Saturday.One of the policemen, whose identity has not been released, was taken into custody minutes after the incident...
Although the mission of Norman Manley's generation - self-governance for Jamaica - has been a feature of the island's social and political system for almost half a century, Jamaicans continue to see it fit to honour...
MONTEGO BAY, St James: Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding yesterday used the opening ceremony for the 31st meeting of the CARICOM Heads of Government in Montego Bay to challenge his colleagues to make this a defining moment in Caribbean history....
