THOUSANDS OF persons, including teachers and students from educational institutions, flocked the Rockfort pier in Kingston to benefit from a book fair now in progress on the ship, Logos Hope, the world's largest floating book...
THE PROSPECT of a black prime minister for Britain, trade, education, the United Kingdom's relationship with the Caribbean, the controversial Air Passenger Duty, and visas...
THE POLICE High Command has moved against four members of the force over their actions surrounding the fire at the Armadale Juvenile Correctional Centre in St Ann, which resulted in the death of seven wards of the...
A Rastafarian church's 14-year bid for incorporation in Jamaica continues to be a major source of contention among the nation's lawmakers.The Church of Haile Selassie I, which first submitted its petition for incorporation...
Prime Minister Bruce Golding will address the nation at the next sitting of Parliament about the findings of a report from the commission of enquiry into the tragedy at the Armadale Juvenile Correctional Centre that led to the deaths of seven female...
Ten-year-old Moesha Gayle said she wasn't invited, but attended to publicly remind the new custos of Kingston he has very big duties ahead of him. The Calabar Primary and Junior High student kept Steadman Fuller well grounded, as she lectured him through...
With growing anger in several communities about alleged extrajudicial killings by members of the police force, an international group is warning that this could fuel more crime.
The Chicago-based Ceasefire International is warning the local police...
With final submissions made on the controversial recordings supplied by Rodney Chin in the Cuban light-bulb case, it appears Senior Resident Magistrate Judith Pusey is leaning towards rejecting the arguments made by the Office of the Director of public...
Four years after his mother's gruesome death, Tarik Beckford has come up with a very simple strategy to help himself moved forward."Me just stop think 'bout it ...me leave that inna the past," said Beckford...
Dr Kenneth Baugh, minister of foreign affairs and foreign trade, is to meet with representatives of the United States (US) Embassy on Monday to discuss the decision to revoke the US visa for Wayne Chen, the chairman of the Urban Development...
THE INDEPENDENT Jamaican Council for Human Rights (IJCHR) has offered its legal assistance, free of charge, to families of children before the courts."It is something that ought to have been taken on a long time ago"...
Education Minister Andrew Holness is suggesting that alter-native solutions for improving the teaching of mathematics may have to be considered if Jamaica intends to fulfil its 2030 goal of becoming a developed country....
Retired head of Scotiabank William 'Bill' Clarke, who is contending that he was defamed in a false profile on social networking website Facebook, has been successful in getting a court order to search the bank's database...
The record $240-million lotto jackpot that was hit 14 days ago remains uncollected amid concerns that Supreme Ventures' plan to publicly fête the winner may put that person's life at risk.
A 72-year-old man who jumped from a section of the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) yesterday did so in stark contrast to the circumstances under which another man leapt from the high-rise structure...
Two men who escaped from the Oracabessa lock-up in St Mary early yesterday morning were still on the run up to mid-afternoon. The police have identified the escapees as 26-year-old Shamarie Wright, otherwise called 'Shammy', and 46-year-old Trevor...
A pall of gloom is hanging over the small farming community of Ulster Spring in Trelawny, following the tragic deaths of Jamaican educator, Dionne Coy Bailey, and her two daughters, who were killed this week...
Berlin World Championships in Athletics 200m finalist Anneisha McLaughlin joined a slew of top performers, as The Gleaner 'Champs 100' tour rolled into Holmwood Technical High School in Manchester yesterday....
Published:Wednesday | February 24, 2010 | 12:00 AM
The internal audit team of the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture has discovered breaches at two of its agencies. Maria Jones, permanent secretary in the ministry, said in a release last night...
Published:Wednesday | February 24, 2010 | 12:00 AM
In exactly one month from today, the United States Embassy in Kingston will begin accepting only online visa applications, doing away with the paper-based forms now familiar to applicants."...
Published:Wednesday | February 24, 2010 | 12:00 AM
Growing up in Waterhouse, St Andrew, Olympics and World Championships in Athletics gold medallist Shelly-Ann Fraser said her first answer to everything was "whatever"....
Published:Wednesday | February 24, 2010 | 12:00 AM
Kevin Tyndale, former reputed member of the Joel Andem-led gang, Gideon Warriors, is seeking leave to go to the United Kingdom Privy Council to challenge his convictions and 30-year prison sentence. He was convicted ...
