Jamaica Gleaner News- Lead Stories - Thursday

'Democracy at stake' - Public funding of parties will curb corruption - Canada's former elections boss

CANADA'S FORMER director of elections, Jean Pierre Kingsley, is encouraging Jamaica to press ahead with plans to fund political parties from the public purse.Kingsley was the main presenter during a forum on campaign-finance reform held at the Mona Visitors' Lodge...

New police urged to restore position of trust

SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine: THE JAMAICA Constabulary Force (JCF) has added 120 new cops to its ranks after a graduation exercise at its training college in Twickenham Park, St Catherine, yesterday. During the graduation, the policemen and women were encouraged to return...

Charity groups assess needs for New Year

Jamaica Red Cross - Trevesa DaSilva-Ashman, training and communications coordinator at the Jamaica Red Cross, says the organisation's main need next year is volunteers."We are a volunteer organisation and so we are always in need of persons to help out...

BOJ's, others' strategies worlds apart - As international interest rates fall, Jamaica's soar

Monday's dramatic hike in interest rates by the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) contrasts sharply with what is happening across the world, where other central banks are moving rates in the opposite direction as part of efforts to deal with the global financial crisis...

Veteran sports journalists honoured

THE GLEANER'S Elton Tucker was among six veteran sports journalists, each with more than 25 years' experience, who were recognised by the Press Association of Jamaica (PAJ) yesterday. Bobby Fray, Patrick Anderson, Courtney Sergeant, Ed Barnes and Lance Whittaker...