POLICE ABUSE? Tourism vendors accuse cops of human rights violation
Vendors and other persons conducting legitimate businesses on Gloucester Avenue - popularly called the 'Hip Strip', in Montego Bay - are accusing the police of abusing their constitutional rights by illegally detaining and photographing them...
Falling through the cracks - Children with learning disabilities need help
Scores of children in our nation's schools are suffering from learning disabilities and, as a result, are underperforming.
Shut up Blake, says pollster Johnson
POLLSTER Bill Johnson has rebutted criticisms levelled at him by the Lenworth Blake camp, which has questioned the integrity of his polls conducted in the South East St. Elizabeth constituency for the People's National Party (PNP).
Berbick laid to rest with boxing gloves and robe
Former World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight champion Trevor Berbick was buried with a pair of red boxing gloves and robe in the family plot at Norwich, Portland.
Increasing demand for special education learning facilities
Special educators worry that the incidence of intellectual disabilities among children could be increasing. While there is no researched evidence... disabilities such as autism could be rising.
'Jamaicans support state funding of parties'
A significant number of Jamaicans are in support of the state funding political parties, the latest Gleaner-commissioned Bill Johnson poll shows.
Americans call for a halt to recklessness
It happened to Lyndon Johnson in Vietnam; It happened to Jimmy Carter in Iran; and now it has happened to George Bush in Iraq. (Seaga)
Government reacts coolly to calls to establish squid industry
While emphasising there is no documentary proof to say that Jamaica has enough Diamond Back Squid to establish a multimillion industry, Agriculture Minister Roger Clarke said government is not against seeing an industry established locally.
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