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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...

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

The Tax Audit and Administration Department says it will close one hour later today at 14 tax offices in preparation for the usual large number of people expected to file their income-tax returns on the due date...

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

Despite concerns that registered nurses might take industrial action in response to perceived foot-dragging of the Government on salary payments and a reclassification exercise, Nurses' Association of Jamaica...

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

Weeks after a scathing report on the Armadale fire tragedy surfaced, embattled Commissioner of Corrections June Spence-Jarrett has been summoned before the Public Service Commission (PSC)....

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

It was Rita Hilton's desire to provide grants for tertiary-level students, but she could only afford one at a time.When Hilton, of St Leonards in Westmoreland, told her friends about the concept...

Published:Sunday | March 14, 2010 | 12:00 AM

THE FACE-off between Washington and Kingston over reputed Tivoli Gardens enforcer Christopher 'Dudus' Coke has revived memories of similar clashes between the United States and countries in this region.

Published:Sunday | March 14, 2010 | 12:00 AM

A decade into the 21st century and Jamaica still remains the land of wood and no piped water for more than 800,000 Jamaicans who are still not being served by the National Water Commission (NWC), the parish councils or private providers.

Published:Sunday | March 14, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Miller stands alone'Dudus' divides ChurchA matter for the courtsA great deal of desperate drivel has been recently spoken and written regarding the relationship between the Extradition Act and the Interception of Communications Act.

Published:Sunday | March 14, 2010 | 12:00 AM

A BARBADOS minister of government has moved to shut out toxic Jamaican dancehall music from his country.

Published:Sunday | March 14, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Four years ago, the UWI and UNESCO teamed up to produce a series of public-interest videos, one of which was titled Seeing Red - The Science of Violence. In 11 short minutes, the video paints a compelling picture of how the seeds of the violent behaviour are sown in the earliest years of our lives.

Published:Sunday | March 14, 2010 | 12:00 AM

While you may not take a drinking glass to the untreated water sources, if the fluid, chilled with ice, is presented to you on a hot sunny day, you would not detect contamination with the naked eye. The water looks clean. But looks are sometimes deceiving.

Published:Sunday | March 14, 2010 | 12:00 AM

A Sunday Gleaner investigation has revealed that three of the untreated water sources being frequented by the water trucks failed a standard bacteria test known in environmental health circles as multiple-tube fermentation.

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