Airport turbulence - Air traffic controllers issuing Government three-week ultimatum
THE ISLAND'S air traffic controllers are again heading for a showdown with Government. This comes as the Jamaica Air Traffic Controllers Association (JATCA) threatened to serve a three-week ultimatum on Jamaica's Civil Aviation Authority...

Crime and violence main concern - poll
THE PROBLEM of crime and violence continues to be the main concern of the over-whelming majority of Jamaicans, who believe the crisis is worsening. This is according to the latest Gleaner-commissioned public opinion poll...

2005 GLEANER HONOUR AWARD RECIPIENTS: Adventist Development and Relief Agency - Help for the helpless
THE ADVENTIST Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is a non-profit relief agency that offers help in times of crisis to the needy, no matter what their religious beliefs.

2005 GLEANER HONOUR AWARD RECIPIENTS: Food For the Poor - Keeping the poor alive
IT REALLY is a simple name, but a more powerful title you will not find. Food For the Poor (FFP) is Jamaica's largest charitable organisation and the third largest in the United States. But it wasn't always that way.

Plea bargain bill passed
A BILL designed to give statutory recognition to plea negotiations and agreements and which is aimed specifically at targeting organised crimes, was approved by the Senate last Friday.

UWI urged to be more proactive
PROFESSOR DON Robotham has urged academics at the University of the West Indies (UWI) to become more proactive in highlighting and developing strategies to address the social and economic problems affecting Jamaica.

Guyana stadium behind schedule
GEORGETOWN (Stabroek News): THE CONSTRUCTION of Guyana's Cricket World Cup 2007 stadium is five per cent behind schedule, but site engineer Walter Willis is optimistic that it would be completed by the scheduled date.