http://jamaica-gleaner.com/ The oldest and leading newspaper in Jamaica editor@gleanerjm.com (Garfield Grandison) roland.booth@gleanerjm.com (Roland Booth) en-us Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT 60 Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT Newspapers A KEY government agency established to drive economic growth and stability through agricultural development has been failing to deliver on its mandate, stakeholders in the sectors have said. Mildred Crawford, president of the Jamaica Network of Rural Women Producers... http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130524/lead/lead1.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130524/lead/lead1.html With four years under his belt as a member of the Island Special Constabulary Force (ISCF), 25-year-old Jermaine Burgher got his 'baptism of fire' just three years on the job when he came face to face with a vicious gunman... http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130524/lead/lead2.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130524/lead/lead2.html Today is the third anniversary of the Tivoli incursion and our reporter, Gary Spaulding, who was the Press Association of Jamaica 2010 awardee for best news story on the Western Kingston incursion, relived some of the memories. http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130524/lead/lead3.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130524/lead/lead3.html The men and women of the Jamaica Constabulary Force have often come in for harsh criticism in the conduct of their duties, but this had no effect on a group of young volunteers who used Labour Day to ensure that one group... http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130524/lead/lead4.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130524/lead/lead4.html Various Corporations and agencies put in action this year's Labour Day theme 'Lend a Hand ...Build our Land'. Members of the Jamaica National Building Society Foundation were actively engaged at the Alpha Boys' Home, painting classrooms and landscaping. http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130524/lead/lead5.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130524/lead/lead5.html Statues of two pioneers of Jamaica's Labour movement got a nice 'touch-up' on Labour Day. The Bustamante Industrial Trade Union (BITU) painted the statue of its founder Sir Alexander Bustamante at St William Grant Park... http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130524/lead/lead6.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130524/lead/lead6.html Western Bureau: Prominent Montego Bay-based attorney-at-law Nathan Robb became the new president of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MBCCI) on Wednesday and immediately warned the police that the chamber would ... http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130524/lead/lead8.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130524/lead/lead8.html Port Antonio: A district constable (DC) attached to the Port Antonio Police Station in Portland is now in custody after he was allegedly caught trying to smuggle ganja to prisoners. According to the police, the DC, who came on at 12:05... http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130524/lead/lead9.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130524/lead/lead9.html A 12-member jury on Wednesday convicted two men of the murder of two others who were fatally shot after they were accused of being members of a rival gang.Those convicted are Brian Smythe and Colin Gordon... http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130524/lead/lead91.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130524/lead/lead91.html Ban the importation of all agricultural produce which can be cultivated locally!This, according to Peter McConnell, managing director of Worthy Park Estate Limited, is the first practical step that should be taken... http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130524/lead/lead1.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130524/lead/lead1.html