IS BRITAIN FOR BLACKS? Most Jamaicans say racism too high
THE FIRST major poll among Jamaicans in Britain has found that they believe there is a staggering level of racism in their adopted homeland. The survey, commissioned by The Sunday Gleaner and conducted by Bill Johnson from March 17 to 27, found that a great majority of Jamaicans in Great Britain believed the dark spectre of racism had intensified in recent years.
We stand to lose big over Heathrow, says the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association
Following a meeting with British Airways (BA) officials last week, the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) said it is more strongly convinced than before that the British airline should have been awarded the Air Jamaica's London, Heathrow, route.
Closing the Woolmer investigation
The Jamaica Constabulary Force will break its silence this week over the raging controversy that it, along with government pathologist Dr. Ere Sheshiah, bungled the investigation into the cause of the death of Pakistan's cricket coach Bob Woolmer.
Murders down in May ... but total above last year's incidence
The Police yesterday reported that there were 31 fewer murders committed last month compared to the same period last year.
Black Britain speaks - Learning to readjust
JAMAICA WAS still a British territory when many of its young packed their 'grips' and left for the 'Mother Country'. Hundreds have returned to their homeland in the last 10 years, and life has been generally good, some say, at times, it has been tough adjusting.
Street, working children still a concern in Jamaica - report
She is only 12 years old and already she is being taught her mother's trade. She could be seen leaning against the light post in the sweltering sun, as she peddled a variety of fruits along Orange Street in downtown Kingston. It was Friday and Abigailhad missed school for the day.
'Reassess Air Jamaica-Virgin deal' - Henry
Mike Henry, Opposition spokesman on transportation, has again raised concerns over the value of the slots at the Heathrow Airport in London, England, which the national carrier Air Jamaica is selling to Virgin Atlantic Airways.
Public entities giving contracts to cronies, says Jamaican Auditor-General
Jamaica Auditor General Adrian Strachan is accusing several government agencies of awarding government contracts valued well over half a billion of tax payers' dollars to favoured parties.
South East St Ann - What went wrong?
Oh, what a difference a few years make! It wasn't that long ago when Aloun Assamba, attorney-at-law and divorced mother of one, came into representational politics with impressive private-sector credentials.
PNP, JLP supporters hard to control, say cops
Despite the signing of the Joint Agreement and Declaration on Political Conduct between President of the People's National Party (PNP) Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller and Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Leader Bruce Golding, the leadership of both parties has seemingly ignored its responsibility to ensure proper behaviour by its supporters.
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