Braeton cops cleared - Coroner's Inquest jury divided six to four
JURORS AT the nine-month long Coroner's Inquest into the fatal shooting by the police of seven young men in Braeton, south St. Catherine in March last year, handed down a verdict yesterday, divided six to four...
Walker urges tighter control of wayward party supporters
DANVILLE WALKER, Director of Elections, yesterday expressed concern about the growing levels of violence leading up to the general election and called on political parties to do more to rein in wayward supporters.
Employment is voters' No 1 priority
JAMAICANS HAVE identified job creation as the No. 1 priority for whichever party forms the Government after the October 16 general election. According to a Gleaner-commissioned poll carried out by Don Anderson and his team...
FAO urges efficiency among local farmers
AS PART of 'World Food Day' activities this year, Jamaican farmers are being encouraged to apply more efficient farming practices to improve food production.
'No flood damage estimates just now'
WESTERN BUREAU: JAMAICANS WILL not be told, for now, the total cost of the damage caused by recent flood rains which pelted the island. Dr. Omar Davies, Finance Minister, says he has given strict instructions that no estimates should be released...
Businessman fined $20,000 for bird-shooting breaches
FREDERICK GORE, Kingston businessman, felt the sting of the law last Thursday when he was fined $20,000 for breaching the Wild Life Protection regulations during the recent bird-shooting season.
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