Golding vs Shaw
IN A much anticipated match-up - not seen since Local Government Minister Portia Simpson Miller challenged Prime Minister P.J. Patterson nearly 13 years ago for leadership of the People's National Party (PNP) - Jamaica Labour Party (JLP)...

Slow pace of ganja legislation debate irks Munroe
GOVERNMENT SENATOR, Professor Trevor Munroe, is running out of patience with the long-running parliamentary debate on the legalisation of marijuana.

AIDS support group launches Project Smiles
THE JAMAICA AIDS Support (JAS) hopes to put broad smiles on the faces of orphans and children made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS this Christmas through Project Smiles.

Terror Act will not suppress critics, says Nicholson
DENOUNCING THE Opposition for being alarmist, Senator A.J. Nicholson, the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, yesterday sought to allay concerns that the new terrorist legislation could be used to suppress critics of the Government.

Cornel is a winner!
SPANISH TOWN was a cauldron but the 70 spellers in the St. Catherine parish finals bore the heat well, and even generated some of their own as they fielded words thrown at them during The Gleaner's Children's Own-sponsored Spelling Bee competition...

'Sores of society hamper investments'
PEEVED BY what he described as the poor handling of the state of affairs in the country, Pepon Ruddock, The Gleaner's Silver Pen awardee for the month of September...

Cops take over from resort patrol
WESTERN BUREAU: THE RESPONSIBILITY for securing the island's resorts has now been passed officially from the Resort Patrol Unit to the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF).