Leaders bat for peace - Portia, Bruce vow to denounce political violence
AS THE country draws closer to another general election, Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller and Opposition Leader Bruce Golding, in a show of unity, sent a strong signal yesterday to supporters of both political parties...
Bleak outlook - Majority says country going in wrong direction
THREE TIMES as many Jamaicans believe things in the country are going in the wrong direction compared to those who think things are going right, according to a recent Gleaner-commissioned poll.
'Election laws will not be violated'
Established rules governing the electoral process will not be flouted by anyone in the upcoming general election, according to the Electoral Commission, which says it intends to conduct an orderly and fair election, constitutionally due by November 13 this year....
Tufton dares Buchanan to face him at polls
WESTERN BUREAU: JAMAICA LABOUR Party (JLP) Senator and caretaker for South West St. Elizabeth, Dr. Christopher Tufton, is daring sitting Member of Parliament (MP) Donald Buchanan to rescind on his plans to retire from active politics and face him at the polls.
GSAT results ready forJune
ALL IS on target for the timely release of the results of the 2007 Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) next month, according to Sephlin Myers-Thomas, assistant chief education officer in the Ministry of Education and Youth.
JCF still silent on Woolmer inquiry
LOCAL POLICE remained tight-lipped on the Bob Woolmer investigation yesterday, despite a report carried by The Sunday Times newspaper in London, that the 'bungling' detectives may have based their case on errors by forensic pathologist, Dr. Ere Sheshiah.
Justice Minister takes no prisoners
THOSE IN tune with current affairs in Jamaica should know by now that Senator A.J. Nicholson is not afraid of a good, old-fashioned scrap. Last week, the combative Minister of Justice and Attorney-General was in the wars yet again. Nicholson, 65, was criticised...
A whole new world for Earl Pratt
ONE OF the first things Earl Pratt was handed when he was released from the St. Catherine Adult Correctional Centre last Friday was a cellular phone. After 28 years in prison, it is just one of many inventions, and trends, he will have to get accustomed to in the months ahead.
The best of Leandro
Born 90 years ago yesterday, Urban S.Leandro used 48 of those years to produce some of the most witty and delightful social commentaries Jamaica has seen. Throughout this week, The Gleaner will be looking at the best of what the man known as Leandro, had to say.
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