Blackout, again! - All-island power cut hits one year after entire country was plunged into darkness
Nearly a year to the day that the country was affected by an islandwide power outage that lasted for almost 10 hours, customers of the Jamaica Public Service Company Ltd., (JPS) were again plunged into darkness yesterday, some for up to 12 hours....
Give it up! - Fracas over Universal Access Fund
Despite advice from the Government's senior legal adviser, Solicitor General Michael Hylton, that the more than $2.5 billion in the Universal Access Fund is State revenue and should be paid into the Consolidated Fund, the...
Policy drafted for fishing industry
The Government has completed its policy for the fisheries sector and new legislation is being drafted to impose stiffer fines and penalties for breaches of the country's fishing regulations. Junior Minister for Agriculture and Lands, Victor Cummings, in his presentation...
'Three breaches of political code a day'
At least three complaints of breaches of the Political Code of Conduct are reported daily to the office of the Political Ombudsman. Speaking with The Gleaner on Monday, the Political Ombudsman, Bishop Herro Blair, said the reports range from the defacing of billboards...
Public complaints unit by mid-July
In April this year, Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller announced that a citizens' response and monitoring unit would be set up to take and address complaints from members of the public. Press Secretary to the Prime Minister, Lincoln Robinson, told The Gleaner...
Child abuse a growing problem
ALTHOUGH THERE has been an emergence of children's rights groups in Jamaica during the last decade, many Jamaicans say child abuse remains a big problem in this country. A Gleaner-commissioned Bill Johnson poll found that 58 per cent of 1,008 persons...
Employ mothers to help poor Jamaican children
Providing gainful employment for unemployed mothers is critical to dealing with child poverty, according to Betty-Ann Blaine, convenor of advocacy group Hear The Children's Cry. Ms. Blaine was reacting yesterday to the revelation that the local child poverty rate...
Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ) urges cops to get on voters' list
The Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ) yesterday made an appeal for police personnel who are registered to vote to get on the police voters' list by July 6.This list will allow members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force to vote on the day designated for police and the military....
Trelawny squatters get ultimatum
WESTERN BUREAU: A cloud of uncertainty now hangs over the squatters of Kettering Hall in Trelawny, as they face a 28-day ultimatum to vacate the controversial property or face eviction. The eviction notice, which was published in Monday's publication of The Gleaner...
Alleged Ambassador King killer denied bail
The man who is charged with the murder of Ambassador Peter King is contending that he acted in self defence when he stabbed King. Attorney-at-law Beresford Bryan made the disclosure yesterday when he made a bail application for 23-year-old Sheldon Pusey, who is charged with King's murder....
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