Jamaica Gleaner News

Published: Monday Wednesday | February 18, 2009

Six more added to most-wanted list
Two men accused of the June 2008 murder of Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) Chairman Douglas Chambers are among six new faces added to the police 10-most-wanted list released yesterday by Assistant Commissioner of Police Les Green.... Read More...

Allen gets honorary doctorate
MANDEVILLE, Manchester: The Seventh-day Adventist-run Northern Caribbean University yesterday conferred an honorary doctor of public-service degree on Governor General-designate, Dr Patrick Allen in a lavish convocation ceremony ... Read More...

Net widens on illegal fishers - Nine sanctuaries formed
WESTERN BUREAU: Stiffer penalties are being considered as part of new legislation for fishermen who use dynamite or bleach to increase their catch at sea.Anyone caught fishing in any of the nine sanctuaries being established by the Ministry of Agriculture ... Read More...

Advice for Cash Plus depositors
I have no doubt that even now there are some persons who are not convinced that Cash Plus is a pyramid scheme. In fact, this sense of denial, or refusal to accept that they have been duped, is a feature of this phenomenon. Read More...

X hits the spot - Heavy-handed ban will hurt adult entertainment, say cable execs
Cable TV stakeholders, bristling from the recently imposed ban on airing sexually explicit and violent songs, have chastised Jamaica's electronic-media regulator for leashing the local adult entertainment industry.They argued that there is a market in Jamaica ... Read More...