Jamaica Gleaner News
Published: Monday Friday | October 24, 2008
The Gleaner Honour Awards
Beijing 2008 is by far the most impressive chapter in Jamaica's Olympic track and field history. A history which began at the London Games in 1948, with Arthur Wint and Herb McKenley announcing the arrival of Jamaica on the world scene with gold and silver in the men's 400 metres...
Contractor general to probe Olympic celebration spending
A new showdown could be looming between Contractor General Greg Christie and the Bruce Golding administration.Weeks after a public war of words with Finance Minister Audley Shaw, Christie has announced that his office has launched a probe into the awarding...
Missing-child alert system soon a reality
The Department of Local Government has mobilised its resources and key stakeholders to establish a nationwide missing-child alert system.Robert Montague, minister of state with responsibility for local government, chaired an inaugural meeting...
Clampdown looms for illegal party spots
The Kingston and St Andrew Corporation (KSAC) is to get tough on nightclubs and other places of amusement operating without the required licence. This is not the first time that the KSAC has threatened a clampdown on establishments operating illegally...
Weeping witness recounts murder
A prosecution witness wept Wednesday as she recounted how 23-year-old Richard Williams, also called 'Truie', was beaten by policemen and then fatally shot on June 8, 2001.The incident took place at the boat factory at Spanish Town Road, St Andrew...
Census of blind begins tomorrow
A national registration of the blind will begin this weekend.Acting chief medical officer in the Ministry of Health and Environment, Dr Earl Wright, stressed that the exercise would begin to erode the discrimination the blind and visually impaired face...
Call for media ban on murder images
Betty Campbell, a participant at the Caribbean Child Research Conference, has proposed a media ban on airing the images of dead persons and families grieving, saying it is insensitive."I am sick to death of these images of death that we see on TV each...
