Probe into police killings - Commissioner to get report on St Catherine shootings
Forty-three-year-old Neville Morgan struggled to hold back the tears as he spoke about his 71-year-old father Edward who, along with a 43-year-old man, was shot and killed by the police under questionable circumstances in the quiet rural district...
McKenzie to tackle embassy issues
Kingston Mayor Desmond McKenzie says he will be meeting with U.S. Ambassador to Jamaica, Brenda LaGrange, early next week, to iron out issues with respect to traffic management and infrastructural problems in Liguanea...
No ease up on buggery restrictions - A-G
Attorney-General A.J Nichol-son has reiterated that the Govern-ment has no plans to decriminalise buggery. The matter came up again yesterday during a parliamentary committee's deliberations on another piece of legislation...
Media, beware! - RM wants action taken against unlawful reporting of child sex abuse
Inappropriate news reporting of sexual offences perpetrated against, or involving children has drawn the ire of at least one resident magistrate who is recommending that decisive action be taken to stop this practice.
Clarke denies Christie's claims
Amid Opposition calls for her resignation, Petroleum Company of Jamaica (PETCOM) chairperson, Barbara Clarke, has rebutted allegations by the Contractor General that she may have used her position to award almost $5 million...
PNP the better government - poll
Jamaicans are a little more upbeat about the People's National Party (PNP) and its leadership, the latest Gleaner-commissioned Bill Johnson poll shows. The poll, conducted on January 5 and 6, shows that of 1,008 Jamaicans interviewed...
Big company accused of stealing electricity
A major financial institution has been fingered by the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) for electricity theft amounting to more than $3 million .Meanwhile, the light and power company has also revealed....
Toll petition signing in Portmore on Saturday
With frustration boiling over traffic snarls on the Portmore toll road, community leaders are stepping up efforts this weekend to have residents sign a petition calling for Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller to address the situation...
Opposition protests latest withdrawal from bauxite fund
Government came under pressure from the Opposition Tuesday over a resolution which will allow the withdrawal of $2.5 billion from the Capital Development Fund (CDF). Established in 1974, the CDF is funded from the bauxite levy and was set up...
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