Jamaica Gleaner News- Lead Stories - Thursday

New JUTC probe - Christie reopens investigation into possible fraud at state-owned bus company

New information deemed to be suspicious, which was provided Tuesday by the board of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), has forced Contractor General Greg Christie to reopen his probe into the affairs of the state-owned bus company...

Jakes urges Jamaica to unite

International mega-church preacher Bishop T.D. Jakes believes that a united approach to tackling Jamaica's problems could yield phenomenal results. The Texas-based man of the cloth spoke to an estimated 15,000 people who filed into the National Stadium Tuesday night...

Gangster turns student - Former bad boy tells IMF boss how far he has come

Kerreth Atkins, a reformed gang member, wants criminals to not be fearful of being stereotyped and turn their lives around.Atkins' success story was told during a visit from Dominique Strauss-Kahn, managing director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), to RISE...

Economic decline hits Jamaica's ports

The worldwide financial meltdown has started to hit Jamaica's ports, delaying one major project and causing some international financiers to shy away from another. In addition, there has been a 15 per cent decline in domestic cargo moving through the ports ...

LIME to cut staff

As Landline Internet Mobile and Entertainment (LIME) comes towards the end of downsizing exercises, a further 50-100 workers are set to lose their jobs over the next nine months.The job cuts are part of some 1,200 set to be on the chopping board...

Thursdaytalk - Hottest topics on the cocktail circuit

Smelly scandals - 1 With news of scandals everywhere people all over are running for cover, as the latest story is as smelly as nine-day-old cabbage water.