Marked for death? - Another policeman killed by gunmen
A POLICE CONSTABLE was among three persons who were shot and killed during a flare-up of violence yesterday in the inner-city community of Olympic Gardens.
'Greater influx of opportunities needed'
DECLARING THAT 60 per cent of persons in his West Central St. Andrew constituency are unemployed, Member of Parliament Andrew Holness is calling for a greater influx of opportunities there.
Last term for two Immaculate spitters
TWO OF the three girls at the centre of a spitting controversy at Immaculate Conception High School will not be re-admitted after the summer break, school officials have announced.
URIEL WILLIAMS - A cop with very strong opinions
URIEL WILLIAMS has been writing to The Gleaner's Opinion Page for years but he always used pen names. He wrote a piece in response to a Gleaner editorial in December 2004...
MICHAEL MOYSTON - 'My vision is larger than I'
MICHAEL MOYSTON is a man with a lot on his mind. So much so that he was prompted to write a letter to the The Gleaner five months ago to get some of the issues off his chest.
14-y-o stabbed to death
WESTERN BUREAU: A 14-year-old student of Flankers Primary and Junior High School in St. James was stabbed to death by a 13-year-old girl on Wednesday night.
Veteran journalists get grants for long service
THREE FORMER journalists who have given more than 30 years of service each to the journalism profession, yesterday became the first recipients of cash grants from the Hugh Shearer Fund for Retired Journalists.
MOH to introduce consent form for blood transfusion
THE MINISTRY of Health is taking steps to introduce a consent form that members of the public will have to sign before receiving a blood transfusion or any other form of blood products at hospitals.
Children's Expo 2005 off and running
SEVERAL HUNDRED glee infused children, running around in wide-eyed wonderment, got Children's Expo 2005 off to a bang - well - more like a shriek yesterday.
Caribbean hotel officials to tackle US travel regulations
CARIBBEAN HOTEL officials are organising as a lobby to delay changes in U.S. travel regulations that mandates U.S. citizens to use a passport when travelling in the Western Hemisphere from January 1, 2006 to January 1, 2008.
School bus attacked by gunmen
A TOYOTA Coaster bus transporting more than 30 students from Kingston to Portmore, St. Catherine, was attacked by heavily armed gunmen yesterday along Maxfield Avenue in Kingston.
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