JDF, police vote today - Election Day workers too
THE POLLS will open at 8 a.m. today for nearly 20,000 members of the security forces and election day workers who are eligible to cast their ballots. Roughly 12,000 are Election Day workers, just under 6,000 are members of the Jamaica Constabulary...
PM puts assets at $34.8m
PRIME MINISTER P.J. Patterson is considerably richer than he was a decade ago, with a current net worth of just under $30 million. The Prime Minister is expected to declare to Jamaica by the latest today that he has assets amounting to $33 million...
Myers sees PNP getting 42 of the 60 seats
THE GOVERNING People's National Party is on the verge of clinching an historic fourth consecutive term in office, Gleaner political analyst Tony Myers predicts.
Candidates tour Central Kingston
DR. CHARLTON Collie, the Jamaica Labour Party candidate, and Victor Cummings, the People's National Party candidate for Kingston Central, toured the constituency together yesterday, pleading with supporters to lay down their arms.
Minor earthquake felt in Portland
A MINOR earthquake was felt in Portland just before six o'clock yesterday evening. According to a release from the Earthquake Unit at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, the earthquake was felt at 5.57 p.m.(EST/Local Time)...
Gleaner honours Richard Ashenheim
RICHARD ASHENHEIM, Director Emeritus of The Gleaner Company Ltd., was honoured yesterday on his retirement as a board member in a quiet ceremony filled with memories and best wishes from friends and other members of the Gleaner board.
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