Jamaica Gleaner Lead Stories
Published: Monday Tuesday | December 8, 2009
No drought for truckers
Some view them as enterprising, others as unscrupulous, but the upshot is that private truck operators are enjoying the demand for water, investigations carried out by The Gleaner have unearthed. The probe found that some private truck operators purchase the critically... Read More...
Lead the change - Renew private sector for a renewed Jamaica
Except for a handful of institutions and a few individuals, Jamaica's civil-society and private-sector leadership has, for too long, been accommodating of incompetent management of the country's affairs.... Read More...
Daylight shoot-out in 'Ochi' - Cops kill three gunmen after attempted robbery at cambio
IT WAS high drama on the streets of Ocho Rios yesterday afternoon when gunmen and the police traded bullets after a daring daylight robbery at a cambio in the resort town.
At the end of the shooting, three alleged gunmen lay dead.... Read More...
Diaspora body to address board in Jan
Jamaicans from Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States are expected to make presentations to a parliamentary committee dealing with issues affecting the diaspora next month. The Diaspora Affairs Committee says it will invite select members... Read More...
DPP drops charges against Fray
WESTERN BUREAU:The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has ordered that the charges pending against would-be hijacker Stephen Fray, in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court, be dismissed. When Fray appeared at court... Read More...
Prime Minister to meet with Kartel, Mavado
Prime Minister Bruce Golding is to meet with dancehall artistes Vybz Kartel and Mavado today as part of ongoing efforts to put an end to the rift among supporters of the two performers.For about three years, the Kartel-Mavado dispute has resulted... Read More...
Missing witness ends accused's defence
The expert witness, who one of the two men charged with the murder of Manchester couple Richard and Julia Lyn was seeking to call, was not in court yesterday. Senior Puisne Judge Marva McIntosh was forced yesterday to send... Read More...
