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UWI gets tough - Hundreds of students deregistered over unpaid tuition fees

Published:Saturday | October 27, 2018 | 12:00 AMRomario Scott/Gleaner Writer

Approximately 800 new students of the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona campus, have been deregistered for failing to pay their tuition fee or arranging a payment scheme, and there are claims that more than twice that number of returning...

Outrageous & frightening - US based advocate urges the Jamaican Government to do more to protect the children

Published:Saturday | October 27, 2018 | 12:00 AMCorey Robinson/Staff Reporter

Dr Clover Baker-Brown, spokesperson for the Montego Bay, St James-based advocacy group Sarah's Children, has described as outrageous and frightening reports of the almost 13,000 cases of child abuse reported to the Child Protection and Family...

Horrific! - 20% spike in child abuse cases reported to CPFSA so far this year

Published:Saturday | October 27, 2018 | 12:00 AMCorey Robinson/Staff Reporter

The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) has reported a 20 per cent increase in the number of abuse cases being reported to its investigators, with some blood-curdling cases on the list.These include a case where a three-year-old boy...

'Chucky' Brown Trial Recap | Chilling allegations in audio tapes

Published:Saturday | October 27, 2018 | 12:00 AMNickoy Wilson/Gleaner Writer

A six-member jury at the Home Circuit Court in downtown Kingston last week was made to listen to August 6, August 10, and September 29, 2013, interviews the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) conducted with Police Constable Collis '...

Ronald Thwaites | Move into specifics on Heroes Park

Published:Sunday | October 28, 2018 | 12:00 AM

Government took no chances last Thursday at Heroes Park after the previous town hall meeting sponsored by the RJRGLEANER Communications Group some weeks ago. On that occasion, sharp critical focus was directed to the half-baked plan put forward by...

Editorial | Pay attention to Ottawa's trade initiative

Published:Sunday | October 28, 2018 | 12:00 AM

There isn't the sense that global trade matters are near the top of Jamaica's policy agenda, which they should be. In which regard, Kamina Johnson Smith, the foreign affairs and foreign trade minister, ought to have had her eyes trained last week on...

Garth Rattray | Yet another police traffic campaign

Published:Sunday | October 28, 2018 | 12:00 AM

So, there I was, watching the evening news on television when I saw the announcement of yet another police traffic campaign. Yet another crackdown on heavily tinted widows on public transport vehicles. "Hmmm", I thought, "why does that sound...

Flooding in Newport West

Published:Sunday | October 28, 2018 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:As a business resident of Newport West, Kingston, who has experienced several flooding events there over the years, let me give you my opinion of what causes flooding in the area.Flooding there is caused by runoff of surface water...

More questions on NIDS case than answers

Published:Sunday | October 28, 2018 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:Having read several fragmented news reports conveying inconsistent and conflicting details of the recent NIDS Supreme Court hearing, I wish there was a video available online to get the correct information. So far, my search for that...

Letter of the Day | Act fast on restricting LGBT-influenced candy

Published:Sunday | October 28, 2018 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:The CiCi Liquid Fruit candy has created quite a buzz at school gates where primary schoolchildren are exposed to the sweet.A reliable source in Betty Ann Blaine has indicated that it seems that the lesbian, gay, bisexual and...

‘Step Up Ghetto Youth’, Play for a Cause

Published:Sunday | October 28, 2018 | 12:00 AMMarcia Rowe/Gleaner Writer

The plot, acting, directing and spectacle of other productions may be stronger than Step Up Ghetto Youth, but only few are able to match its purpose - to raise funds for the outreach programme of Freedom Ministry. To emphasise its purpose, the play...

JOA seeks to improve member associations

Published:Sunday | October 28, 2018 | 12:00 AMAkino Ming/Staff Reporter

In keeping with its mandate of facilitating dreams and actualising goals of Jamaican athletes, the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) has been hosting a series of workshops dubbed 'Stamina' to improve the capabilities of its 41 members associations....

Police: Synagogue gunman said he wanted all Jews to die

Published:Sunday | October 28, 2018 | 12:00 AM

PITTSBURGH (AP):The suspect in the mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue expressed hatred of Jews during the rampage and told officers afterwards that Jews were committing genocide and that he wanted them all to die, according to charging...

Pope Francis grieves for Jewish victims in Pittsburgh

Published:Sunday | October 28, 2018 | 12:00 AM

VATICAN CITY (AP):Pope Francis is grieving with Pittsburgh's Jewish community following the massacre at a synagogue there, denouncing the "inhuman act of violence" and praying for an end to the "flames of hatred" that fuelled it.Francis led prayers...

Migrant caravan takes a break in southern Mexico

Published:Sunday | October 28, 2018 | 12:00 AM

TAPANATEPEC (AP):Thousands of Central American migrants took a break Sunday on their long journey through southern Mexico, but vowed to press ahead toward s the US border roughly 1,000 miles away, with Mexican government agencies seeming to waver...

Pipe bomb suspect was spinning records as FBI closed in

Published:Sunday | October 28, 2018 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP):In the hours before his arrest, as federal authorities zeroed in and secretly accumulated evidence, Cesar Sayoc was in his element: spinning classic and Top 40 hits in a nightclub where he'd found work as a DJ. As he entertained...

St Ann association honours 21 long-serving JPs

Published:Sunday | October 28, 2018 | 12:00 AMCarl Gilchrist/Gleaner Writer

Twenty-one justices (JPs) of the peace, each of whom has served the parish of St Ann for decades, were honoured by the St Ann Justices of the Peace Association at its annual award ceremony at the Cardiff Hotel in Runaway Bay, St Ann, on Saturday.The...

Indies Pharma reaches out to the most needy

Published:Sunday | October 28, 2018 | 12:00 AMJanet Silvera/Senior Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU:Some 8,000 indigent patients - many living below the poverty line - with non-communicable diseases are to receive free medication courtesy of locally based pharmaceutical company Indies Pharma.The company has donated medications...

Oral Tracey | Field our best team

Published:Sunday | October 28, 2018 | 12:00 AM

With the Reggae Girlz's bandwagon now rapidly mushrooming into a king-size caravan, the narrative has swiftly moved from the sublime to the ridiculous, as it relates to the addition of new players to the squad heading into the FIFA Women's World Cup...

Something Extra | Monday

Published:Sunday | October 28, 2018 | 12:00 AM

A savoury aroma permeated the air of the Bubble and Spice restaurant at Coral Cliff in Montego Bay during Friday night's exclusive preview dinner in celebration of Restaurant Week 2018. The event, dubbed Bubbling with Excitement, featured guests...

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