Christmas wish list from the inner city
Several members of the public have come forward to satisfy the Christmas wishes of the children highlighted in this feature last week. The Gleaner Company is organising a presentation event for these and other children next week.
'Time to renegotiate the MoU on deportees' - JN Outlook series kicks off in the UK
Manchester, England: Cabinet Secretary Dr. Carlton Davis has said it is time for Jamaica to consider renegotiating its agreement with developed countries regarding the deportation of ex-criminals to its shores. We need to renegotiate...
Eastern Jamaica gets clean-up - Health departments target mosquito-breeding areas
Public health departments and parish councils in eastern Jamaica are ensuring that potential breeding sites of the anopheles mosquito, which transmits malaria, are eradicated. Some 14 anopheles breeding sites were identified in St. Mary...
Three-year-old boy dies in fire
Western Bureau: The District of Hopewell in Hanover remains in a sombre and tense mood following the death of a three-year-old boy on Sunday. Oral Cunningham Jr. perished in a fire at about 11:30 a.m. when his father, Oral Cunningham Sr...
Fraud charges against Canadian nat'l dropped
Fraud charges against Maurice Gabay, the former financial controller of the Canadian company Magil Construction Company Ltd., have been dropped. No order was made last month when Gabay appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court.
Deep desire determines one's destiny
Some years ago I was one of the main platform speakers at a large conference of life insurance and financial advisers in the Far East. I cannot now recall what I spoke on but, interestingly, I recall in vivid detail what the Taiwanese speaker dealt...
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