Crime top of agenda - Government to wage war on gangs
DESTROYING "THE monster of heinous crime" is high on the list of the Government's priorities, Prime Minister P.J. Patterson said yesterday at the start of the new parliamentary session.
JCC pushing Simpson Miller to tackle Downtown disorder
THE JAMAICA Chamber of Commerce says it will push strongly at today's meeting with Portia Simpson Miller, the Local Government Minister, for the clean-up and redevelopment of downtown Kingston and other sections of the Corporate Area.
Party supporters clash outside Gordon House
AFTER A routine swearing-in ceremony for the new session of Parliament yesterday afternoon, supporters of the PNP and the JLP flung bottles and stones at each other outside Gordon House.
Three no-shows at swearing-in
THERE WERE three absentees from among the 21 Senators and 60 Members of Parliament who were scheduled to be sworn-in at Gordon House yesterday.
Boy grabs victory in close spelldown
A calm and measured Cornel Grey of Portmore Missionary Preparatory School gave the boys the edge yesterday in The Gleaner's Children's Own -Sponsored Spelling Bee competition.
Seaga wants referendum on constitutional change
JLP LEADER Edward Seaga yesterday urged the Government to proceed with a referendum to determine both the structure of Government and level of constitutional reform...
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