Gleaner tops PAJ awards
JUNIOR DOWIE, the veteran Gleaner photographer, walked away with the two top photographic awards from the 2001 National Journalism Awards ceremony Saturday night at the Terra Nova Hotel, Waterloo Road, St. Andrew. Overall, The Gleaner won the most...
New houses for flood victims
ST. MARY: VICTIMS OF the recent floods in St. Mary are slated to begin moving into their new homes in less than a month.
Blue Cross launches students' health plan
SOME 40,000 students in four of the most troubled constituencies in the Corporate Area of Kingston and St. Andrew are to receive personal accident insurance and wellness advice under a special health insurance project. The $6-million project, called...
Education Council to intervene in Tacky High stand-off
NATIONAL COUNCIL on Education (NCE) representatives will visit Tacky Comprehensive High School, Gayle, St. Mary, tomorrow, in a bid to settle a stand-off between Lloyd Neil, the new board chairman, and several board members. Ruth Morris, the NCE's...
Crackdown on illegal vending in Linstead
LINSTEAD, St. Catherine: THE LINSTEAD police, under the supervision of Deputy Superintendent of Police, Steve Green, have been clamping down on vending activities in the township of Linstead.
JAMAICANS FOR JUSTICE - 'A life is just a life'
I MOVED to Miami in the last week of August. Kingston's insistent unease, violence and grief felt imaginary from here, just as this clean concrete world feels merely potential from Kingston. In the same way, what I thought and did 'before', before...
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