'Ban them' - Decision on political meetings pending
Facing a ban on campaigning in three parishes, the two major political parties yesterday began seeking new venues to stage their respective final public meetings before the general elections on Monday. This came after a recommendation was made to Police Commissioner Lucius Thomas...
'Dean' victims take shelter in unfinished houses
Incomplete houses built for victims of Hurricane Ivan by the Venezuelan Government in Old Harbour Bay, St. Catherine, have now been taken over by victims of Hurricane Dean who say they had nowhere else to go. The 75 houses are now being occupied by several residents...
First Global site hacked
The website of First Global Financial Services appears to have been hacked yesterday by an unknown entity calling itself the 'Ayyildiz Team'. Visitors to www.fgfs.com and its web pages were directed, after a few seconds, to a site called 'www.m0sted.net/kerem125.html',...
Whitehall sales injure PRIDE
Controversy is building at one of the Operation PRIDE (Programme for Settlement and Integrated Development Enterprises) developments, run by the National Housing Development Corporation (NHDC). Residents and the operators of the development are at odds over the sale of lots...
Parties clash in Westmoreland
The reign of political peace in Westmoreland ended about 5:00 p.m. Wednesday in the small Whitehouse district of Gordon, when the two candidates for Westmoreland Eastern clashed in what some described as a brawl. The Gleaner understands that a group of Jamaica Labour Party supporters...
Government of Jamaica has new plan for 'Dean' vouchers
The government has aborted its plans to distribute vouchers for food supplies for persons who were affected by Hurricane Dean. Kingsley Thomas, who is leading the recovery effort, said there had been a change of plan and the Government would instead be distributing vouchers...
Top Jamaican scholar off to Princeton
She applied to 12 Ivy league universities across the world, including Princeton and Oxford, and got accepted to them all. But Melecia Wright, Scotiabank Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) top girl for 2000, has chosen Princeton - one of the top-ranked universities for 2007...
Fewer persons in hurricane shelters
The number of persons occupying shelters has declined to 201 occupants in 16 facilities across the island, according to The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM). In a release last night, ODPEM said there were two open shelters...
Electricity and water progress polled
A Gleaner-commissioned Bill Johnson poll has indicated that from August 25 to 26, an average of 38 per cent of Jamaica Public Service (JPS) customers had "normal electricity" restored while about 50 per cent of National Water Commission (NWC) consumers...
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