Spat over Reneto - Public Defender says cop's reinstatement taking too long, British officials won't condone it
THE PENDING reinstatement and assigning of Senior Superintendent Reneto Adams to active duty, appears to be creating tension between local officials and the British Government. Last December, SSP Adams, along with other policemen, were acquitted...
Portmore highway appeal thrown out
THE GOVERNMENT scored a major victory yesterday when the Court of Appeal threw out the constitutional challenge to the imposition of a toll on the Portmore leg of Highway 2000. Some Portmore residents, including four Jamaica Labour Party Councillors...
Light bill increase today
LIGHT BILLS will increase by almost one per cent after the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) announced its annual rate adjustment for the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS). Effective June 1 customers will experience a 0.9 per cent increase...
Hurricane season is here!
Ready or not, the hurricane season is here and it is here to stay - for six months, that is. Today marks the beginning of the Atlantic Hurricane Season which forecasters are anticipating will be another active and drama-packed episode.
GLEANER-BILL JOHNSON POLL - Jamaicans highly religious
TRADITIONALLY, JAMAICANS have been regarded as a religious people and a recent Gleaner-commissioned poll confirms this. To the question, "Regardless of whether or not you go to church, do you consider yourself to be a religious person or not?"
Convicted men in Burrell's murder freed on appeal
THE TWO men who were sentenced in March last year to hang for the 1999 murder of 20-year-old Tahj Burrell and 22-year-old Jason Eldridge have been freed by the Court of Appeal. They are Carl McHargh, 32, also called 'Omar', customs broker...
New Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) recruitment policy
PERSONS ENTERING the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) will now have to undergo more stringent vetting as the Government embarks on a new policy of recruitment. Recruits will now be required to do a polygraph or lie detector test...
Cuban Ambassador defends eye operations
ARMED WITH statistics and testimonies from satisfied patients, Gisela Garcia Rivera, Cuban Ambassador to Jamaica, has hit back at critics of the 'Miracle Operation' eye surgery programme. The programme, which allows Jamaicans with serious eye problems...
Spelling Bee champ out in fourth round
THE GLEANER'S Children's Own Spelling Bee champion Rosanna Pike exited at the fourth round of the 79th Scripps National Spelling Bee Competition in Washington D.C. yesterday. In Round One, all spellers got a written spelling test...
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