More love for Bruce - But Portia still wellahead, poll reveals - Golding's popularity increases
HE MAY be short on charisma, and a poor kisser, but Bruce Golding has successfully wiggled his way into the hearts of a few more Jamaicans ahead of the Prime Minister. The findings come from the most recent Gleaner-commissioned Bill Johnson poll, conducted on June 18 and 19...
Comrades charged up for election
AFTER two consecutive days of closed-door meetings, the governing People's National Party (PNP) yesterday emerged singing a victory song, confident of notching an unpre-cedented fifth consecutive term in power. Speaking to journalists at the end of yesterday's National Executive...
Jamaica look to start with a blinder
THEY MAY be visually impaired, but they have set their sights on winning the regional cricket competition for the second time. The next two weeks will see the 18-member Jamaica blind cricket team preparing intensely for the second Regional Blind Cricket Competition...
Slain pastor leaves legacy in Trench Town
BEFORE HE died, Andrew Lawrence, pastor of the Bible Teachers International Ministry, had wanted to see the warring factions within Wilton Gardens (Rema) and Trench Town lay down their guns and come together. In the wake of his death...
PNP office firebombed
OCHO RIOS, St.Ann: The People's National Party's (PNP) North East St. Ann constituency office in the parish capital was firebombed yesterday morning, destroying a section of its offices, a party representative said. PNP caretaker/candidate for the constituency...
Spanish Town gets skills centre
"There is hope for Spanish Town," said Vixton Leslie, president of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA), as he signed the agreement for the construction of a YMCA skills training centre on Monk Street in the Old Capital...
Court denies Andem's appeal
Joel Andem, the reputed 44-year-old gang leader who was on the Police Most Wanted List until he was captured in May 2004, has lost his appeal against his conviction and 20-year prison sentence. Justice Patrick Brooks convicted Andem in November 2005 of charges of illegal possession...
'Jamaicans are too comfortable with high murder rate'
Opposition spokesperson on Gender and Children's Affairs, Senator Dorothy Lightbourne, has expressed outrage over the murders of seven-year-old Damone Skyers and her 47-year-old mother Maureen Bennett. The two were burnt to death in their house...
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