Jamaica Gleaner Lead Stories
Published: Monday Sunday | June 4, 2006
PREDATORS! More 12 and 13-yr-olds being impregnated and Jamaican women's advocates want tougher laws
FACED WITH an increase in the number of pregnancies among pre-teen and early teenage girls, women's advocates are agitating for stronger laws to rein in carnal abusers. Read More...
PNP row goes before Affairs Commission
A SPAT between two senior members of the People's National Party in the Western St. Thomas constituency is now before the party's Internal Affairs Commission, says general secretary Colin Campbell. Read More...
Fighting crime the 'Yardie' way
LIKE THE rebound of the West Indies cricket team, the fight against organised crime is beginning to pay real dividends. The number of murders so far this year is significantly less than last year. Read More...
Gleaner-Bill Johnson Poll - In the sweet by and by
HERE TODAY, gone tomorrow. What then? That's when the party begins, as 52 per cent of Jamaicans are expecting a grand time up in heaven in the afterlife, according to a Gleaner-commissioned Bill Johnson poll. Read More...
Three receive Order of Jamaica wards
THREE PERSONS received the Order of Jamaica in the National Honours and Awards ceremony at King's House yesterday. The honours were announced by special appointment in March. Read More...
Phillips wants all-out attack on carnal abuse
THE ALARMING rise in the incidence of carnal abuse will have to be tackled from various fronts in order to eliminate this scourge from the Jamaican society. Read More...
Ease-up on dress code for female cops
THE MODERNISATION of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has been extended to include changes in the dress code of policewomen. Commissioner Lucius Thomas' announcement on Friday at the Jamaica Police Federation Conference in Trelawny, drew applause... Read More...
Life after P.J. Patterson
FOR THE first time since 1967, the name P.J. Patterson will not be appearing on the ballot paper for a parliamentary election in the Eastern Westmoreland constituency, which he has represented as Member of Parliament for over 28 years. Read More...
Rewarding good citizenship
A VERY attractive element of saving within a life insurance policy is the long-term nature of the savings. Most of us find it easier to save if we know we are in a contract that requires a fixed amount to be put aside each month. Read More...
Debating the economy
AUDLEY SHAW has opened up a debate on the economy. He argues that I wrongly claim that he is supporting the economic model of Dr. Davies. Secondly, he wants me to focus on the final two years of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) government... Read More...
'Life without 'Zekes' tough'
DURING CLOSING arguments last Tuesday in the Donald 'Zekes' Phipps murder trial at the Supreme Court, attorney K. Churchill Neita said his client was a misrepresented man who had been wrongfully hounded, and brought down by the police.... Read More...
