'Money shortage, not incompetence...'
FAY PICKERSGILL, Director of Tourism, yesterday said she was both stunned and disappointed by what she called the unwarranted attacks on the Jamaica Tourist Board by Gordon "Butch" Stewart, head of the Sandals hotel chain. In an interview with The...

Murder/suicide shock community
A RURAL St. Andrew husband ended his 14-month-old marriage yesterday by slashing his wife's throat, then hanging himself about 200 metres away on a mango tree. Dead are Neville Gray, 32, construction worker...

St Ann North-Eastern - PNP will win in close contest
IN ANOTHER close contest, the PNP will win the St. Ann North-Eastern seat by a significantly reduced margin. St. Ann North-Eastern was among the 13 newly-created constituencies in 1959 as a result...

Fire destroys $multimillion complex in Port Antonio
PORTLAND: A MYSTERY FIRE Wednesday night destroyed Lee's Maximart warehouse and office complex, West Street, Port Antonio, causing loss estimated at $12 million, and leaving many workers...

Silver Pen winner concerned about rural neglect
WINNIE ANDERSON-BROWN'S irritation at the way rural Jamaica is neglected, prompted her to write a letter to The Gleaner's editor two months ago. Somewhat peeved that politicians and Jamaicans in general fail to...