Jamaica Gleaner Lead Stories
Published: Monday Thursday | July 9, 2009
'I want answers' - Mother seeks closure after son's swine flu death
WITH A cracking voice and strangled sobs struggling to escape between words, Rochelle Grandison's grief was clear yesterday, as she mourned for her 22-year-old son, Jamaica's first fatality since the outbreak of the Influenza A (H1N1) virus... Read More...
Making life in the gorge
THEY ARE there every time you drive by, stretching out their arms, hoping you'll buy some of their produce. Women mostly, but children too. Some people tend to think of them as pests, winding up their windows as they drive by or simply looking the other way... Read More...
MJ's final resting place still unknown
(AP):Where Michael Jackson's body will eventually be laid to rest remained a mystery up to yesterday, fed by the same level of rumour and speculation that surrounded much of his life.Will he be interred at Forest Lawn? Forest Lawn Memorial Park... Read More...
Making small strides
IF YOU want to get a feel for any town and its people, head to its market. That's what we did and found Hector Goode, a native of the capital. He has been selling in Morant Bay market for more than 30 years and is assisted by his wife and daughter... Read More...
Don't forget about the east - Residents say while Morant Bay has been neglected, there is still progress
ASK SOME Morant Bay residents about their town, and they'll tell you it's like St Thomas in general, it's forgotten. For example, the roads leading to the capital aren't the prettiest (but nowhere as bad as its eastern neighbour, Portland).... Read More...
A proud people - Community calls for Gov't help to maintain its monuments
SOME PEOPLE may wonder if such a thing as national pride still exists. Well, it seems to burn quite brightly in Morant Bay, St Thomas. Recently, people realised that the statue of National Hero Paul Bogle was being vandalised, a huge hole now gaping in the back of it.... Read More...
Bloodbath - Violence escalates in Corporate Area, St Catherine - Four killed in cop-gunman face-off, illegal guns seized
Yesterday's rampage across the Corporate Area has claimed the lives of at least four persons, while six others are nursing gunshot wounds following separate incidents involving the police and gunmen... Read More...
Chris Zacca to leave ATL
Christopher Zacca, deputy chairman of the ATL Group of Companies, will be leaving after 18 years of service. While the specific details behind his departure from the company were not disclosed, chairman of ATL Group, Gordon 'Butch' Stewart, said ... Read More...
Foreign national killed
Residents in the upscale Upper Montrose Road community in St Andrew were left stunned Tuesday night, after gunmen shot and killed a visitor who was staying at a property in the area.The dead man has been identified as 27-year-old Tiki Stardust Hunia... Read More...
