People power - Community development programme energises youth
The communities of Springvale, Giblatore and Content in rural St Catherine, once synonymous with high dropout rates in schools, poverty and increasing levels of child labour, are on a steady path to transformation. This due to the revolutionary work of the St Catherine...
Portia popular, Bruce better leader
Prime Minister Bruce Golding has maintained a nine percentage point lead over Opposition Leader Portia Simpson Miller as the person who Jamaicans say is best able to run the country at this time. But Simpson Miller has seen a sharp climb in her favourability rating...
Mt Alvernia student excels
WESTERN BUREAU: Young Danielle Watson, sixth-grade student at the Mount Alvernia Preparatory School in St James, who copped the highest score among the girls at her school, has surpassed even her own expectations. With an average of 96.4 per cent that has earned her...
DIASPORA FOCUS - 'We have to do something about crime'
Members of the Jamaican diaspora are deeply concerned about the current crime figures and say a multiplicity of interventions need to be employed to effect change. More than 700 Jamaicans have been killed since the start of the year, causing alarm here and overseas...
Police to probe PNP fraud claim
The police fraud squad has been called in to probe the People's National Party (PNP) for an alleged case of fraud. The case involves a cheque for $2 million which was issued by the party's campaign committee, but was dishonoured by the bank. The cheque was to pay for work done...
Jamaicans like 'Big Mac'
Forty per cent of Jamaicans have a favourable opinion of the new minister of national security, Colonel Trevor MacMillan. According to the latest Gleaner-Bill Johnson poll, only 21 per cent of the public haVE an unfavourable opinion of the minister who is leading the fight...
Tuesdaytalk
HOTTEST TOPICS ON THE COCKTAIL CIRCUIT - Talk is ever so cheap - 1 Ask those out west who have been whispering about the recent sudden 'retirements'.
Chance to air GSAT placement grouses
Parents who have concerns about where their children have been placed, based on their performance in the Grade Six Achievement Test, can visit the various regional offices across the island and air their...
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