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Sun, 02 Oct 2022 00:06:49 -0500
Slippery slope
Even as she welcomes housing developments that have changed the landscape of Kingston and St Andrew in recent years, former Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) Director General, Dr Barbara Carby, believes the country is....

Sun, 02 Oct 2022 00:11:39 -0500
Lewin: DCS, not cops, should man lock-ups
Former Police Commissioner Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin believes the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) should assume responsibility for all persons detained in criminal investigations or awaiting trial, and the police relieved of duties to...

Sun, 02 Oct 2022 00:13:32 -0500
Kartel’s lawyer found guilty of professional misconduct
Attorney-at-law Isat Buchanan, who is representing incarcerated entertainer Vybz Kartel in his appeal against his murder conviction, was yesterday found guilty by the Disciplinary Committee of the General Legal Council (GLC) of professional...

Sun, 02 Oct 2022 00:11:29 -0500
Green Acres residents distressed over flood-prone police station
Seeing their police station immersed in several feet of water as a result of Tropical Storm Ian last week was not what the residents of Green Acres in St Catherine had in mind when they petitioned for it. Now they are even more distressed at the...

Sun, 02 Oct 2022 00:11:14 -0500
‘I am doing my job’
Scoffing at the criticism and vitriol being spewed at attorney-at-law Tamika Harris for representing the mass murderer of a family of five in Cocoa Piece, Clarendon, in June, members of the legal profession are arguing that she should be commended.....

Sun, 02 Oct 2022 00:13:01 -0500
Unions yet to receive updated maternity leave policy
Public sector workers currently on – or those seeking to embark on – maternity leave will have to wait a while longer for the full payment of the third month’s salary, as the announced policy did not come into effect last Friday, as promised. ...

Sun, 02 Oct 2022 00:06:55 -0500
Not mad at God anymore
Kevin Lewin’s shooter asked him if he could recall the licence plate of the vehicle which slammed head-on into his in a hit-and-run collision. Little did he know that the man who questioned him had come back to silence him. Today, the immigration....

Sun, 02 Oct 2022 00:07:15 -0500
Tears, laughter, fond memories at Bulgin brothers’ farewell
It was a packed house at the New Testament Church of God Convention Centre in Rodon’s Pen, Old Harbour, St Catherine, yesterday, where the thanksgiving service for brothers Tavaris and Tavaughn Bulgin took place. With mourners asked to wear...

Sun, 02 Oct 2022 00:07:33 -0500
Bamburry died pursuing his dream
A fervent and undying dream that morphed into a nightmare – the story of Scot Bamburry, who was laid to rest yesterday after a service at the Shingle Hut New Testament Church of God in Wood Hall, Clarendon. Mourners wept openly for the man who......

Sat, 01 Oct 2022 00:10:39 -0500
SECURITY THREAT
The Jamaica Society for Industrial Security (JSIS) is calling on the Government to immediately pay over billions of dollars that it owes security companies so that they can meet the 50 per cent increase in security service costs that they now face.....

Sat, 01 Oct 2022 00:10:48 -0500
Christiana cab drivers press for expanded park
“I am still in pain,” said 39-year-old taxi operator Jermaine Cunningham, the man at the centre of a controversial video who was allegedly beaten by the police over traffic breaches in Christiana, Manchester, on Wednesday. Cunningham, who began....

Sat, 01 Oct 2022 00:10:23 -0500
Williams calls for change in students’ mindset to curb violence
On the heels of the stabbing death of 16-year-old Michion Campbell at the Kingston Technical High School, Education Minister Fayval Williams says stakeholders will have to go back to the drawing board on how students are nurtured. In a Gleaner...

Sat, 01 Oct 2022 00:09:20 -0500
Sewage plant upgrade to bring relief to Greater Portmore
Just over 79,000 residents in the Greater Portmore area are looking forward to breathing more easily after rehabilitation works at the National Water Commission (NWC)-operated sewage treatment plant based there. First commissioned in 1991 with a...

Sat, 01 Oct 2022 00:08:46 -0500
Gabriela Morris slams ‘antiquated’ views linking dress, sexual harassment
Opposition Senator Gabriela Morris stirred controversy in the upper House on Friday, triggering a spirited response from government senators when she castigated Education Minister Fayval Williams for reportedly suggesting that a particular dress...

Sat, 01 Oct 2022 00:08:51 -0500
RJRGLEANER Communications Group announces changes in management
The RJRGLEANER Communications Group has made changes in its senior management. The changes, which were announced on Friday by Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Gary Allen, included the appointment of two deputy CEOs, a chief people officer, and a...

Sat, 01 Oct 2022 00:06:51 -0500
Fisherfolk thrown a lifeline with safety training, new gear
In his more than two decades as a fisherman, Glasford Alexander Mitchell has faced a lot of dangers at sea, but two experiences stand out vividly in his mind. “I can remember, one Sunday morning I went to sea. It was a tough morning, I didn’t.....

Sat, 01 Oct 2022 00:10:29 -0500
67 schools benefit from US fundraising campaign
Richmond Park Primary School Principal Delwyn Gordon was a picture of gratitude on Friday as he accepted a donation of US$3,500 to assist in improving the lives of his students. The school is among 67 institutions which received donations of...

Sat, 01 Oct 2022 00:09:27 -0500
Charles Jr urges pig farmers to keep momentum going
Jamaica’s pig population has quadrupled over the last decade – from 144,917 to 593,170 animals – and with more than 18,000 pig farmers registered, Agriculture Minister Pearnel Charles Jr is hopeful that they will soon be able to meet and exce...

Sat, 01 Oct 2022 00:09:54 -0500
Queens sting competition in St James, Hanover
ST JAMES Top five 1. Eve Williams, Eber Preparatory 2. Shanae Kelly, Hosanna Preparatory 3. Taylor-Jade Gayle, N.E.S.T. Education 4. Romar Thompson, Somerton Primary 5. Desandra Clarke, Corinaldi Avenue Primary Top boy: Romar Thompson,...

Fri, 30 Sep 2022 00:13:22 -0500
SCHOOL TRAGEDY
In the aftermath of Thursday’s stabbing death of a student at Kingston Technical High School, a senior law enforcement officer is recommending that administrators collaborate with the police to conduct more unannounced searches at institutions...



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