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Published:Wednesday | March 17, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Kingston Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) has set up a life-coping skills programme to provide hands-on experience for adult persons with disabilities."Many of these individuals are able to demonstrate comprehension by role playing...

Published:Wednesday | March 17, 2010 | 12:00 AM

TO SAY Jerico Hanson is a saver does not do justice to the life he has built on a simple philosophy - no matter how little you earn, save something.

Published:Wednesday | March 17, 2010 | 12:00 AM

MAY PEN, ClarendonUnder the direction of the Office of The Prime Minister's (OPM) Department of Local Government, the Clarendon leg of the series of parish-visioning symposiums was held recently at the Versalles Hotel, May Pen, Clarendon.With 50...

Published:Wednesday | March 17, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Funding is being sought to restore several buildings in Emancipation Square, Spanish Town, St Catherine, at a cost of $600 million."We are looking at UNESCO and the European Union to fund the project," said Christopher Powell, secretary manager of the...

Published:Wednesday | March 17, 2010 | 12:00 AM

SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland: The enforcement of municipal laws and efforts towards greater traffic management in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, have been boosted, with six additional municipal police officers...

Published:Wednesday | March 17, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Government has tacked on $31.5 billion to its Budget for this fiscal year which ends in two weeks. With nine days to go before he presents the 2010-2011 Budget, Finance...

Published:Wednesday | March 17, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC), in the same vein as the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) and the Jamaica Council of Churches, has called on the Bruce Golding-led Government to send the extradition request for Christopher 'Dudus' Coke...

Published:Wednesday | March 17, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Still jolted by Monday's gun battle between the police and gunmen, residents of Hannah Town yesterday feverishly sought to distance their community from the clash which claimed the lives of three men. Three policemen were injured....

Published:Wednesday | March 17, 2010 | 12:00 AM

With garbage piling up in several communities across the island, the Government has allocated an additional $200 million to dispose of the waste...

Published:Wednesday | March 17, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Government has increased its financial allocation to regional health authorities, which have been struggling to survive under the pressure of free health care.The health ministry and the Bellevue Hospital have also had their budgets topped...

Published:Wednesday | March 17, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Autoskills computer software has been improving communication skills in marginalised communities across the island, according to Claire Harri-singh, Jamaica National Building Society (JNBS) Foundation special projects manager....

Published:Wednesday | March 17, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Less than two days after The Gleaner reported that pressured Commissioner of Corrections June Spence-Jarrett had been transferred from the national security ministry, an interim prison boss has been installed....

Published:Wednesday | March 17, 2010 | 12:00 AM

FIREWORKS WENT off liberally in Gordon House yesterday after Opposition member Peter Phillips made a startling revelation concerning an alleged contractual arrangement between the Government and a United Sates law firm, which works through a prominent...

Published:Wednesday | March 17, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Seven crew members and two passengers aboard a US Airways flight bound for Jamaica were taken to a hospital in North Carolina yesterday after complaints about strong odours kept the jet grounded. Two pilots, five flight...

Published:Wednesday | March 17, 2010 | 12:00 AM

THE GOVERNMENT of Jamaica has put to rest speculations as to whether it would accede to the United States' request for the extradition of Christopher Coke. Prime Minister Bruce Golding identified two reasons for this decision.

Published:Tuesday | March 16, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Jamaica Defence Force soldiers use a fence to shield them as they prepare to enter the fray, as police and gunmen locked horns in Hannah Town, west Kingston, yesterday.Inside the firefightInjured cop tells colleagues of his ordealBarefooted and still...

Published:Tuesday | March 16, 2010 | 12:00 AM

ONLY HOURS after the curtains descended with a flurry on a birthday bash for embattled Tivoli Gardens community leader, Christopher 'Dudus' Coke, neighbouring sections of west Kingston exploded into a raging gun battle...

Published:Tuesday | March 16, 2010 | 12:00 AM

THE CROWN scored a major victory yesterday in the Kern Spencer trial, as Senior Magistrate Judith Pusey ruled that the cellphone recordings between Spencer and star witness businessman Rodney Chin should be played and become part of the evidence....

Published:Tuesday | March 16, 2010 | 12:00 AM

MINISTER OF National Security Dwight Nelson said late yesterday that the Public Service Commission (PSC) had reached a decision on the fate of beleaguered Commissioner of Corrections June Spence-Jarrett, following a meeting yesterday....

Published:Tuesday | March 16, 2010 | 12:00 AM

CONSTITUTIONAL LAWYER Dr Lloyd Barnett is advising the legislature to conduct detailed studies and carry out extensive consultations before altering constitutional provisions to facilitate parliamentary representation by members...

Published:Tuesday | March 16, 2010 | 12:00 AM

KINGSTON (JIS): THE MAJESTY Gardens Basic School in southwest St Andrew has received well-needed assistance from the Steve Harvey Foundation, which presented the institution with a cheque for just over $1 million last Friday....

Published:Tuesday | March 16, 2010 | 12:00 AM

IN A turnaround from the previous year - when it posted a loss of nearly $445 million - The Gleaner Company reported net profit of $208 million for 2009, including $48 million it booked in the group accounts...

Published:Monday | March 15, 2010 | 12:00 AM

A mother is in a race against time to save the life of her ailing five-year-old who has been diagnosed with a string of medical complications.Lorna Smith told The Gleaner that since last year she has been pulling out all...

Published:Monday | March 15, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Crime and violence has been identified as the number one concern among adolescents and youth in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), according to a report from the CARICOM Commission on Youth Development. This matter was associated with poverty...

Published:Monday | March 15, 2010 | 12:00 AM

FALMOUTH, Trelawny: New Trelawny Custos Paul Muschett will be officially installed on Thursday.The ceremony will be held in Falmouth's Water Square, starting at 2 p.m., with the pomp and pageantry supplied by the Jamaica...

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