Protests lock down May Pen - Killings anger residents
MAY PEN, Clarendon: The south-central town of May Pen was gripped by an uneasy calm last night after a day when angry mobs, protesting the weekend killing by police of four alleged gunmen, blocked roads, forced businesses to close...
TYRONE'S WATCH: Bamboo Village thirsty for water
WHAT'S NOT WORKING? Let us first clear the reservoir ... oops, I had meant to say air. The Tyrone's Watch team does not deliberately set out to highlight water problems in the nation's communities as its sole purpose.
Godfrey Stewart bag Howard Jackson Trophy
Western Bureau: DaCosta Cup champions Godfrey Stewart High School, advertised their state of readiness for the 2006 schoolboy football season on Saturday when they won the four-team Manning's School Football Carnival...
EDITORIAL - Revamp use of NHT funds
Declaring herself immune to any "bangarang" that may be visited upon her by the Opposition, Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller last week defiantly restated her intention to dip into the National Housing Trust...
LETTER OF THE DAY - Our democracy allows room for dissent
The Editor, Sir: I write simply to say thanks for that balanced and well-thought through editorial in this morning's Gleaner (August 21, 2006), headed "Clarify, please, Monsignor". I am sure, as you were kind to suggest, that Monsignor Albert...
'Bellas Gate Boy' in Germany
Noted playwright Trevor Rhone recently returned from Mainz, Germany, where he performed his autobiographical play, Bellas Gate Boy at the fifth Auto/Biography International Conference. The play, which is slated for publication by MacMillan later...
GUYANA: Opinion poll predicts easy victory for President Jagdeo
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC): President Bharrat Jagdeo is expected to be easily returned to office, but his ruling People's Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) will not have an overall majority of seats in the Parliament, according to the latest opinion poll...
ISRAEL: Public anger soars over Lebanon war - Soldiers clash with hezbollah
JERUSALEM (AP): Prime Minister Ehud Olmert yesterday tried to defuse growing public anger over his handling of the war against Hezbollah, promising to rebuild rocket-scarred border areas and saying his predecessors failed to prepare...
