Jamaica Tourist Board confident with $179.8m campaign
WESTERN BUREAU: PLEASED WITH its 2005-2006-winter tourist season advertising campaign, the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) expects that this investment will translate into double-digit growth in stopover arrivals over last year.

Novelist gets Musgrave Gold
THE INSTITUTE of Jamaica (IoJ) bestowed another Musgrave Gold Medal on a great individual yesterday. Olive Senior, who has documented the Jamaican Heritage with distinction in her various books, was presented with her medal and plaque...

Candidates have no clear advantage - Davies
PEOPLE'S NATIONAL Party (PNP) leadership candidate Dr. Omar Davies, yesterday said the backing of Members of Parliament (MPs), for any leadership contender, did not give any clear advantage in the leadership race.

'Additional school spaces in jeopardy'
EDUCATION MINISTER Maxine Henry-Wilson says she is disappointed with the government's inability to identify adequate and reliable contractors to undertake the refurbishing of schools. This has had a negative impact on projects...

Speedy postal service for Christmas
THE POSTAL Corporation of Jamaica is implementing plans to increase its efficiency and to ensure the quick delivery of all packages this Christmas. Gordon Brown, public relations manager at the Postal Corporation of Jamaica, told The Gleaner...

Portia under fire in St James - Minister urged to act on report of inappropriate distribution of Parish Council assets
WESTERN BUREAU: THE FAILURE of Local Government Minister Portia Simpson Miller to act on a report submitted by the Lloyd B. Smith Committee, which was empowered to investigate claims of abuse of power and political nepotism at the Bogue Lands...

KRAAL TRIAL: DAY 33 - Defence lawyer tells jury of 'Operation get Adams'
DEFENCE LAWYER Oswest Senior-Smith told the 12-member jury in the Kraal murder case yesterday that there was an operation "to get" Senior Superintendent of Police Reneto Adams.

Bouygues affirms decision to stay in Jamaica
MANAGING DIRECTOR of TransJamaican Highway Limited, Trevor Jackson, has again stated that Bouygues will not be pulling out of Jamaica. Mr. Jackson was responding to a Gleaner report which said that the developers of the Highway could leave...