Dreadful death - Tragic twist as girl accidentally shot by dad dies
A pall of gloom is hovering over the Immaculate Conception High School community after the tragic death of its head girl yesterday. Pia Phillips died in hospital Sunday morning after she had been accidentally shot by her father at their Havendale, St Andrew...
Obama, McCain on final blitz
WASHINGTON (AP): Barack Obama drew massive crowds to some of his final campaign rallies as Americans appeared likely to cap the longest, most expensive White House campaign ever by electing the Democrat as the first black United States president on Tuesday...
Pregnant teen gets a second chance
Syreeta Broomfield stands proud wearing her United States Coastguard uniform. A star basketball player and mariner, this six-foot woman of Jamaican origin dribbles between her job and the game she loves. Her life story doesn't read as a fairy tale.
No prison rehab for rapists
A former prison doctor has called for inmates convicted of sex crimes to undergo intensive therapy before they are released back into society."Anybody who rapes has a psychological problem. It is a serious illness," argued Dr Raymoth Notice...
Change drug culture - activist
Jamaica's cultural acceptance of marijuana and alcohol is severely hampering the work of anti-drug lobbies, an activist told The Gleaner yesterday.Michael Tucker, executive director of the National Council on Drug Abuse, said the drug culture in some communities...
Lightbourne leading Senate to bed
DOROTHY LIGHTBOURNE has fumbled yet again. She has led the Senate into a state of dormancy and does not appear convinced that there is work to be done in the Parliament's Upper House. For five weeks the Senate has not sat. Lightbourne, by virtue of being Senate leader...
Local Government Month launched
WESTERN BUREAU: The Department of Local Government in the Office of the Prime Minister officially commenced its commemoration of Local Government Month, with the staging of the national church service at the Calvary Baptist Church in Montego Bay...
Rotary moving to start EarlyAct clubs islandwide
In a bid to instil basic values and responsibilities in primary and preparatory school children, Rotary Clubs across the island are moving to implement an EarlyAct Club.Chairperson Lisa Rennalls said the mini service club is aimed at children between...
UWI: impacting every sphere of Jamaican life - The Gleaner Honour Awards
Today, we continue to spotlight those who have been nominated to receive the 2008 Gleaner Honour Awards this month at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, New Kingston. In the category of education, the nominee is the University of the West Indies, Mona campus...
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