Spanish Town residents outraged
LIKE SCATTERED rain, residents in Spanish Town and other areas of St. Catherine, protested rising consumer prices in pockets of rage, spilling piles of debris across busy roadways and prevented traffic for hours yesterday morning.
Small, peaceful protests sparked
CHIDING THE Government for society's ills, hundreds of angry protesters in St. Andrew took to the streets yesterday to vent their frustration. A Gleaner news team tour of St.Andrew yesterday discovered pockets of protesters...
Human roadblock at Hope Bay
PORT ANTONIO, Portland: SECTIONS OF Portland felt the effects of yesterday's islandwide protest against high prices, which was led by the Jamaica Labour Party.
Falmouth shut down
FALMOUTH, Trelawny: ALTHOUGH THE parish of Trelawny escaped the brunt of the protests yesterday, businesses in the main towns were brought to a halt as operators closed their doors fearing the worst.
Chaos mars protest in St Ann
OCHO RIOS, St. Ann: THE JAMAICA Labour Party (JLP)-led protest against high prices yesterday resulted in blocked roads, skirmishes between police and demonstrators and the arrests of at least five persons in St. Ann, among them Sydney Stewart...
Litany of woes for Boscobel Primary
THE REOPENING of the new school year rekindled painful memories for the still-grieving students and staff of the Boscobel Primary School in St. Mary. Already traumatised by last month's brutal slaying of Manning Marsh...
One year after Hurricane Ivan hit Jamaica...Family mourns drowned sister
SPANISH TOWN: THE FAMILY of Victoria Francis, almost a year after the passage of Hurricane Ivan, is still hurt by her drowning. Her sister, Lydia Francis, told The Gleaner that on the fateful morning last year...
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