An audience with the 'Dumpling Empress'
I LOVE me a good dumpling. It's true. To me, nothing beats a plump, well-designed, succulent fried dumpling, with just a smidgen of 'salting'. I can taste it now. From that first whiff you get when they are fresh off the fire...
JAMAICA GLEANER HONOUR AWARD RECIPIENTS - Lee Chin, building a better Jamaica
CHAIRMAN OF the Canada-based AIC Funds and the National Commercial Bank (NCB), Michael Lee Chin, is firmly committed to building a better Jamaica. He does so not only by reinvesting the profits of his 75 per cent share of the bank in Jamaica...
JAMAICA GLEANER HONOUR AWARD RECIPIENTS - Reaping well-earned rewards
IMAGINE OUTPERFORMING nearly 50,000 students in the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT). Of course that would be great, but imagine walking away with the Bank of Nova Scotia award for the highest-performing girl in the island...
'Ensuring safety for schools must be given priority'
MINISTER OF National Security, Dr. Peter Phillips, says ensuring safety for schools must be given priority, if Jamaican youth are expected to live and function in a society not plagued by crime.
Suspect in uptown teen's killing ordered released
THE SUSPECT implicated in the killing of 19-year-old Brian Keith Isaacs appeared before an identification parade on Tuesday at the Constant Spring Police Station in St. Andrew.
Crime Policy Group launched
THE JAMAICA Constabulary Force (JCF) is launching a new Crime Policy Group, with its first meeting set for Wednesday, November 30. The forum, to be led by Deputy Commissioner of Police, Mark Shields' Crime Portfolio Unit...
National Council on Drug Abuse, CARICOM to host awareness symposium
THE NATIONAL Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA), under the auspices of CARICOM, is to host a joint symposium to heighten the awareness of drug abuse. The summit will take place November 28 to 30 at the Holiday Inn hotel in Montego Bay...
Price tag set on pond repairs for 'St Bess'
IT WILL cost the Government an estimated $37 million to bring a lasting solution to the overflowing of several ponds in Treasure Beach, St. Elizabeth, which has resulted in nearby homes being flooded on a regular basis...
Migrating eels spark renewed interest
WESTERN BUREAU: MIGRATING ATLANTIC eels, which make their annual run from the Sargasso Sea near the Bahamas to the Great River on the Hanover/St. James border, have sparked interest among local conservationists...
Proceeds of Crime Act for next year
THE LONG-awaited Proceeds of Crime Act, which will allow for the prosecution of persons with unexplained sources of wealth and possible confiscation of their assets, will not be debated before next year.
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