Jamaica Gleaner - News - Saturday

JLP plotting to discredit me, says Henry

LESTER MIKE Henry, the member of parliament for Central Clarendon, said the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) is setting the stage to discredit him from holding any future positions in the party, including his current post as chairman. And Henry has accused the media of being part of the plot.

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St Ann leads in road crashes

AN ASSESSMENT of motor-vehicle accidents across the country has found that St Ann is the leading parish for collisions, accounting for 143 fatalities since 2000. The study found that head-on collisions accounted for most of the accidents in St Ann.

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Golding bats for Holness

FORMER PRIME Minister Bruce Golding is expressing confidence that the man who replaced him as Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) leader, Andrew Holness, has the mettle to rebuild the party after its crushing election defeat.

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Impeach them - Smith calls for sanctions for politicians who break the law

DEPUTY SPEAKER of the House of Representatives and member of parliament (MP) for Central St James, Lloyd B. Smith, is advocating for legislation to be enacted to recall delinquent politicians. He also wants lawmakers who break the law to be impeached.

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Diplomatic moves

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator A.J. Nicholson (left), shares a toast with newly appointed Australian Honorary Consul Marjory Kennedy; Australian parliamentary secretary for Pacific Island Affairs, Richard Marles; and high commissioner to Trinidad and Tobago, Phillip Kentwell, at a reception to celebrate Australia Day...

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Man charged for smuggling cocaine offered bail

Brandon Geddes, a resident of Mona, St Andrew, who attempted to smuggle five pounds of cocaine out of the island earlier this month, was convicted in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court on Monday and is to be sentenced in March.

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Students get briefing on earthquake-safety methods

THREE HUNDRED and eighty students and teachers at the Pratville Primary and Infant School in south Manchester participated in their first-ever earthquake awareness presentation and drill activity at the school recently.