Four children perish in three fires - Houses in Kgn, Portland, St Ann razed four
FOUR CHILDREN have been burnt to death in separate fires which razed their homes in Kingston, Portland and St. Ann, between Tuesday afternoon and early yesterday morning. The victims have been identified as 18-month-old Nesetiri...

Bertram allays property tax fears
Drug mule dies in UK hospital
Von Cork's Privy Council appeal bid turned down
CAFFE to benefit from USAID support
JDF rescues two Frenchmen at sea

Tourist anti-harassment programme in jeopardy
THE GOVERNMENT'S anti-harassment programme, designed to minimise the problem of visitor harassment in the resort towns, is in jeopardy, The Gleaner has learnt. Tourism interests have expressed strong opposition to reports that...

Chicken prices remain the same ­ suppliers
JLP, KSAC play blame game on vendors issue
Revised salaries for mayors, councillors

Trident Hotel sale postponed
A PUBLIC sale of the Trident Hotel, one of the most luxurious sea front properties in Portland, will no longer take place today as scheduled, according to the would-be auctioneers, D.C. Tavares & Finson Realty. The auction was withdrawn after...

$4m spin-off from Lion's convention
EU retaliates in US steel sanctions row

Hooper hoping Sabina plays true
WEST Indies captain Carl Hooper yesterday said he was hoping for a supportive Sabina Park wicket to win the decisive fifth Test against India. With the series tied at 1-1, the West Indies and Indian teams arrived in...

Placid pitch, ordinary bowlers, happy batsmen
Jamaica share lead at Carib Classic
UWI set to woo cricketing scholars

A change of command
THE CEREMONY marking the change of command in the Jamaica Defence Force from Major-General John Simmonds to Major-General Hardley Lewin was impressive for the precision and discipline that it displayed. Very few of the large crowd, which viewed the...

Shearer: voice of a Prime Minister
Globalisation and localisation

Labour Day and inner-city renewal
THE EDITOR, Sir: IT IS certainly a pleasure to see the changes in certain areas in the city of Kingston that were once derelict and untidy as a result of the efforts of the government and some private sector companies. Even in the inner city there are...

In praise of Minister Simpson Miller
The JTB and its budget
Cleaning up comes first
Clanging noise irk residents
Tourism and bureaucracy
Sharia law and civilised behaviour
A school says thanks
Big things a gwaan!

Amanyea Jones - More than meets the eye
HER NAME is Amanyea Jones, and that is not the only thing that is interesting about her. 10-year-old Amanyea is a promising young dancer who shares the stage with the members of the L'Acadco dance troupe. While she is evidently able to hold her own...

'More Memories' off with a strum

Health crisis worsens
WESTERN BUREAU: THE THREAT of a possible health crisis is now looming in Montego Bay as the city's abattoir, which was ordered closed by the St. James health authorities just over two months ago...

'Lane' to become a flea market?
Should we believe Merlene Ottey?
Oh, what glass can do

YES, I CAN!
CANNED FOODS seem so alluringly...

A peek into the all-inclusives

More disease-resistant ginger needed - Ginger cultivation and use in Jamaica
THE SPANISH introduced ginger to Jamaica around 1525. In 1547, over one million metric tons were exported. Since 1995, the major growing areas in Jamaica experienced a rhizome rot, which has since intensified...

GM foods - the case for labelling