D-Day for USA - Obama eyes closing deal, McCain vows election upsetter
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Democrat Barack Obama, sensing victory in his reach, urged supporters to keep up the fight yesterday in the final hours of his historic quest to become the first black United States (US) president. Republican John McCain pushed for a last-minute upset...
'Your name will live on' - Immaculate pays tribute to slain head girl
IT WAS a solemn and gloomy day at the Immaculate Conception High School in St Andrew yesterday, as the school community reflected, during morning assembly, on the life and tragic passing of head girl, Pia Phillips. A blanket of grief covered the sea of white and blue...
Sex offenders could have their names on registry for 10 years
CONVICTED SEX offenders could soon have their names splashed across Jamaica's towns and communities for at least 10 years. The Gleaner has been reliably informed that the drafted sex offenders legislation proposes that the names of persons convicted of sex crimes...
Students fearful
A STATE of fear has gripped young professionals-in-training at the two major universities of the Corporate Area in light of the recent attacks on the island's women and children. Roger Bent, guild president at the University of the West Indies, Mona,...
'Mr Rocksteady' goes out on high note
THEY CAME out in record numbers at the St Andrew Scots Kirk United Church in Kingston yesterday. Family, friends and well-wishers united in thanks-giving for the life of legendary rocksteady legend, Alton Nehemiah Ellis...
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