Jamaica Gleaner Lead Stories
Published: Monday Monday | December 22, 2008
Blood and gore - Portland tragedy scene a mess of broken bodies
A nurse who was part of the emergency team that rushed to Dam Bridge, Portland, where 14 people aboard a market truck plunged to death Friday, described the ravine scene as a macabre collage of blood and bodies. Wilson, 23, said the bottom of the precipice...
Beneath the scars - Insults burn fire victims
When 50-year-old Carol Myers* takes a stroll on Jamaica's streets, she feels the piercing stares of passers-by. Crude snickering and probing questions are poignant reminders that she is different. The desire to fit in is trumped by the reality that she stands out...
Parents feel Yuletide pinch
Natasha Hamilton's 10-year-old son wants the hand-held game, Play-Station Portable, for Christmas. However, she is unable to fulfil her bright-eyed son's wish because she has fallen on hard times. "That's what he wants," said Hamilton...
Digicel to hike LIME landline rates - Dispute brews over 21% rise in peak-hour charges
LIME landline customers will begin paying more to call Digicel mobile phones, starting January 1, The Gleaner confirmed yesterday.The rate for calls from LIME landlines to Digicel mobiles will be hiked by 21 per cent...
Market vendors in mourning
Several vendors selling their produce in the usually busy Coronation Market in downtown Kingston reflected Saturday on the tragedy which befell their colleagues the night before.Travelling their usual route into Kingston from Portland to sell in the market...
Young grandson's warning an omen, says widower
SEVENTY-EIGHT-year-old Berdel Fuller sat pensively on his veranda in Ginger House, Portland, reflecting on his wife of 44 years who died in the Dam Ridge truck crash.It was the ninth and last time for Elrita Fuller as a crash victim.
Government to fund funerals
The Government has offered to cover the funeral expenses for the 14 people who perished in Portland on Friday night. Member of Parliament for West Portland, Daryl Vaz, told The Gleaner yesterday that Prime Minister Bruce Golding has instructed him...
My 12-y-o will not go to new school
Q: My 12-year-old daughter will not go to her new school for children with special learning problems. She went to a school that sort of mainstreamed her and she was very comfortable. One term has now gone.
Don't go there, Mair! The contractor general is no political water boy
GREGORY MAIR should be careful not to misinterpret the jolly Christmas season as a licence for sillyness and circus acts.The government member, who represents North East St Catherine from the backbench inside Gordon House...
Irma's early Christmas gift
The tears in her eyes said it all. Second-year student in the Department of Govern-ment at the University of the West Indies, Mona campus, Irma Bartley, was simply overcome with emotion when Mona Principal Professor Gordon Shirley presented her with a motorised chair...
Mayor's annual dinner still a treat
Dressed in red T-shirts, Santa's helpers have come in the form of Scotiabank employees who volunteered their services to assist the hundreds of people who flocked to the Kingston Parish Church for the annual Mayor of Kingston dinner.Mayor of Kingston...
