Gleaner honours former director
THE GLEANER yesterday honoured Brian Young for his many years of service to the newspaper. Mr. Young, who resigned from the company's board recently, spent seven years as a director and 24 years as a member and chairman of the Accounts and Budget...
Gun, ammo seized in Grants Pen
A POWERFUL .44 Magnum revolver and 28 AK-47 rounds were seized in the Grants Pen area of St. Andrew yesterday, by members of a police party who went looking for the killers of Senior Superintendent Lloyd McDonald. At least four more suspects were taken..
PM signs trade agreement with Costa Rica
PRIME MINISTER P.J. Patterson, in his capacity as chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), signed a free trade agreement with Costa Rica Tuesday to facilitate trade on certain goods between the ...
Parliament passes legal foundation on CSME
THE NEW Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Act, 2004, has been passed in the House of Representatives after three weeks of debate. During Tuesday's sitting of the House, the bill giving effect to the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas which will allow for..
Gov't to construct temporary facility for Haitian refugees
THE GOVERNMENT has opted to construct a temporary facility in St. Mary to accomodate more than 100 Haitians now staying in three locations in Portland. The Haitians, who fled to Jamaica in the wake of the political violence that has affected their...
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