Youth speak out on voting, election and education
Last week Gleaner reporters Vernon Daley and Lynford Simpson sat with six young people, 18 to 22 years old, to discuss various issues relating to politics in Jamaica. The group included the unemployed as well as those who are still in school.
UWI Master's in Law degree to be launched
UNIVERSITY OF the West Indies (UWI) Pro Vice Chancellor and Principal, Professor Kenneth Hall, will be launching the new Master's in Law degree (LLM) programme next month. This is one of several new Master's and PhD.
Waite outlines problems facing young people
BASIL WAITE, president of the People's National Party Youth Organisation (PNPYO), has cited unemployment, education and crime and violence as the biggest problems facing young people.
Opposition going after youth vote
WITH THE youth vote being seen as a crucial factor in the October 16 general election, the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) says it is going all out to pull young people to the polls on Election Day. Andre Franklin, president of the JLP's youth arm...
A new-look Parliament awaits us
CAMPAIGNING FOR the October 16 general election has intensified since the September 22 announcement of the election date by Prime Minister P.J. Patterson. Since that time, there have been interesting developments with Bruce Golding...
Mangroves under pressure, says report
THE REMAINING mangroves which are found mainly in the Portland Bight area, are "under pressure" according to the report on the environment recently tabled in Parliament by Horace Dalley, Land and Environment Minister.
Inadequacies in our justice system
IT HAS been stated that 'justice delayed is justice denied', and this is undoubtedly so in a number of cases reaching many of the Courts in our land, especially the Coroner's Court.
CONSTITUENCY PROFILE: ST ANDREW SOUTHERN - PNP by a wide margin Anthony Myers
THE INCUMBENT MP, Dr. Omar Davies, is confidently expected to retain St. Andrew Southern by a wide margin in the up-coming general election. His opponent is Dennis Messias of the JLP.
JUTC buses to bypass Half-Way Tree after 2 pm
AS A result of plans by the Jamaica Labour Party to stage a mass rally today, in Half-Way Tree Square, the Jamaica Urban Transit Co. says it will re-route its buses to circumvent that area.
Man killed in Norbrook left $22-m estate
A 42-YEAR-OLD businessman who was shot dead in November 2000, has left estate valued at more than $22 million. He is Headley George Agustus Antonio, also called Paul Woodhouse, Audley Antonio, and Audley George Antonio who had lived at Brook Point...
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