Jamaica Gleaner News
Published: Monday Thursday | December 10, 2009
'Release Ramirez!'
A GROUP of local academics have written to Cuban president Raul Castro requesting the immediate release of Dr Darsi Ferrer Ramirez, director of the Juan Bruno Zayas Health and Human Rights Centre... Read More...
LYNS TRIAL - Do not believe the lies, say lawyers
Senior Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Lisa Palmer Hamilton has implored the jury not to believe the defence of the two men charged with the murder of elderly Manchester couple Richard and Julia Lyn... Read More...
Rex Nettleford praises charity for contribution to Jamaica
NEW YORK, New York: As guests arrived for dinner and dance at a hotel in New York last Saturday night, the words that greeted all via a banner strung up in the lobby were 'The Crowne Plaza LaGuardia welcomes and supports troops worldwide'.... Read More...
Jamaica's disaster prevention off course
WESTERN BUREAU: "We have not got it right," Prime Minister Bruce Golding confessed on the matter of disaster prevention in Jamaica, as he addressed regional and international representatives at the fourth Caribbean Conference... Read More...
208 new constables for JCF
WESTERN BUREAU: The manpower of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) was yesterday boosted by 208 new constables who participated in a graduation exercise at Tranquility Bay in Treasure Beach, St Elizabeth.It is the first time that student constables... Read More...
Young tae kwon do expert strikes out
WHILE the nation continues to grapple with rising criminality among youths and related issues of poor parenting skills, Roselene Morgan, mother of five, has defied the odds of raising children in inner city garrison-community surroundings... Read More...
Trail of tears for Jhordayne Francis - Family, friends mourn teen's death
Though the police say they now have a suspect,the death of 19-year-old Jhordayne Francis has left a trail of tears behind.Former principal of Charlie Smith High, Paulette Chevannes, who is now the project director for Change From Within ... Read More...
NWC ordered to stop improper sewage discharge
The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) is taking the National Water Commission (NWC) to task for alleged breaches of the Natural Resources Conservation Act. NEPA has ordered the NWC to immediately stop the discharge of improperly treated... Read More...
