Jamaica Gleaner Lead Stories
Published: Monday Tuesday | August 11, 2009
Not so fast - Anti-doping body against panel ruling in favour of athletes
The Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) has appealed the decision to clear national athletes Marvin Anderson, Allodin Fothergill, Lanceford Spence and Yohan Blake of drug offences.The appeal, which could potentially hamper the chances of any of the athletes... Read More...
Harvesting the dream - Manchester women aid community with juice factory
Wendy Mitchell, a resident of Huntley, Manchester, has for 10 years, through rain and drought, been involved in the establishment of a juice factory in the community. "It was the dream of four women to have a cottage industry or a purée factory in the community,"
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Beating the drought in your backyard
IT'S THE middle of the hurricane season, yet your garden resembles the Sahara Desert and the National Water Commission (NWC) tells you it's a waste to use its water to hose down your poor, parched plants. So, what are you to do? Businessman Sameer Younis, who tends his 2... Read More...
'Rainless weather to persist'
The Government will today reveal a raft of measures aimed at assisting farmers hoping to save their crops during the worst drought the nation has faced in a decade.Last night, Janet Lawrence, acting executive director of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority... Read More...
Settling for a 'wash-up'
WHEN LAST have you had a bath from a pan? If you live in some sections of the Corporate Area served by the Hermitage Dam and do not have a storage tank at home, chances are you will be forced to improvise.For nearly one month, I have been able to reconnect... Read More...
Water supplies dry up in Portland, St Ann, St Mary
Water supplies in some areas of St Ann, St Mary and Portland are being adversely affected by the current dry spell being experienced across Jamaica.Haining and Turtle River in eastern Portland and Avisfield, Dowsan Town... Read More...
