Spring breakers shun Jamaica
A 50 per cent decline in the island's spring break market is causing concern in the tourism sector. Yesterday, the first set of spring breakers arrived at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay. But, unlike previous years, there was no welcome reception for the college students who, up to six years ago, were 25,000 strong...
Haitians working on ganja farm in Jamaica
The Sunday Gleaner reporter was told to park his vehicle by the postal agency and wait by the all-age school where he would meet his contact. He was posing as a Jamaican living in The British Virgin Islands representing a wealthy, prospected investor, who had sent him to Jamaica to get a first-hand view of the drug-for-gun trade...
Market quarrel - MP and mayor row over Spaldings Market
nasty row is brewing between Richard Azan, Member of Parliament for north west Clarendon, and Milton Brown, Mayor of May Pen, over the construction of the Spaldings Market.
PM's childhood home gutted by fire
Investigators say they are treating as an accident a fire that destroyed the childhood home of Prime Minister Simpson Miller, yesterday morning. The three-apartment board and concrete structure, located in Marley Hill, St. Catherine, was burnt to the ground, allegedly by a man of unsound mind.
PNP presidential race - One year later: No honeymoon for Portia
The 'Gayle' force winds expected to be unleashed within this Cricket World Cup season, happen to coincide with the first anniversary of Mrs. Portia Simpson Miller's maiden run as president of the People's National Party (PNP) and almost 11 months as prime minister.
PNP presidential race - One year later: Where are they now?
BURCHELL Whiteman and Maureen Webber came under intensepressure in the weeks leading up to the People's National Party (PNP) presidential election on February 25 last year.
Holiday Inn appeals Supreme Court ruling
Holiday Inn Sunspree Resort is appealing against a Supreme Court ruling which has upheld an Industrial Disputes Tribunal's (IDT) decision as to the categories of workers eligible to vote in the National Workers' Union's (NWU) claim for bargaining rights.
Trelawny positioned for growth after cricket
MARCH 11 may be the last day of Cricket World Cup for Trelawny, but the parish is already positioning itself for the next few decades. Trelawny's stakeholders told a Gleaner Editors' Forum last week that while they are well positioned to benefit big time from the seven days of World Cup events planned for the parish...
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