Jamaica Gleaner Lead Stories
Published: Monday Tuesday | February 2, 2010
A mother's grief - Newspaper vendor mourns murdered son
"Me nuh inna nuh war, so why dem had to kill him?" wailed 58-year-old newspaper vendor Marvalyn Lawrence as she mourned her teenage son, Omar Barrett, another victim of gunmen's bullets. The tears streamed freely down her face as Lawrence's body rocked from side to side... Read More...
Bees are ready to rumble
A new champion will be crowned when the finals of the 2009-2010 Gleaner Children's Own Spelling Bee competition get under way tomorrow morning at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston. Fourteen spellers who came through respective tests in their parishes will put their skills... Read More...
Teen pleads guilty to 11-y-o's murder
The teenager who is charged with the murder of 11-year-old Aamir Dwight Scott, of Sandside, St Mary, pleaded guilty yesterday when he appeared in the Home Circuit Court.Supreme Court Judge Gloria Smith ordered a social enquiry report and remanded him... Read More...
Pregnant woman, two others murdered in St Catherine
A pregnant woman was among three persons shot and killed in the St Catherine South Police Division on the weekend.Dead is Natalee 'Cathy' Thompson, 25-year-old of Wellside Lane, Old Harbour, St Catherine. Reports from the Old Harbour police ... Read More...
Ellington shuffles the pack
Acting Police Commissioner Owen Ellington has announced changes in the leadership of some police divisions after a worrying start to 2010.Ellington did not provide reasons for the changes, which become effective on February 16, but checks... Read More...
Youthlink writer's body found
A 19-year-old university student was found dead yesterday in a crashed Toyota Fortuner sport utility vehicle along the Mona main road near the University of the West Indies. Patti-Ann Lothian was reported missing to the police yesterday afternoon.... Read More...
Today is World Wetlands Day
Today is being celebrated as international World Wetlands Day. The message for this year - 'Caring for Wetlands - an Answer to Climate Change' - focuses on the impact of climate change on wetlands, and the role of wetlands in reducing the effects... Read More...
Water woes close UTech ...
The University of Technology (UTech) has announced it is suspending classes today as a result of increasing difficulty in providing ample water to its Papine campus. Read More...
