Gleaner Editors' Forum: 'Water, traffic, fire trucks, accountability'
The Gleaner yesterday hosted an Editors' Forum with a number of the country's mayors. Today we share quotes with photographs by Norman Grindley.
KSAC gates still closed
There is still no word as to when the Kingston and St Andrew Corporation (KSAC) will resume the towing of illegally parked vehicles to its impound facilities. "We are still in the process of investigation; we have not completed that as yet and I am not prepared ...
Isaac Ezra James celebrates ...100 years of good living
100 years of good livingJust two months ago, Isaac Ezra James (affectionately called 'Maas Tiny') marked a special milestone in his life as he celebrated 100 years of good living at a grand birthday party held at his daughter's residence in Kellits,...
UK visa fees increase today
UK visa fees will increase as of today. Handling fee for Commonwealth and Overseas Territories applications - $J6,600. Forwarding fee for Commonwealth and Overseas Territories UK Overseas Territories - $J8,900...
Jamaican couple on mortgage scam charges denied bail
Jamaican couple Delroy and Yvette Patterson, who are wanted in the United States to face charges in a multimillion-dollar mortgage scam, appeared last Thursday in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court.Resident Magistrate Georgiana Fraser turned down their bail...
Attacks on journalists worry press body
The Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) is bemoaning the decline in press freedom and increase in violence against journalists in several South American countries over the past six months. Five journalists have been killed in the region in the past...
Crazy Bikerz Stunt Crew: It's safety first
The crowd grows larger as a group of young boys abandoned their football game to witness the spectacle. In two lanes separated by parked cars on a breezy Good Friday evening on Elletson Road in downtown Kingston, the Crazy Bikerz Stunt Crew demonstrate their skill...
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