THE JAMAICA Labour Party (JLP) yesterday rallied its supporters to the defence of the Government, arguing that it was under threat from propaganda and orchestrated attempts by people to topple the Golding administration....
WESTERN BUREAU:IT WAS business as usual this past weekend with the strike by British Airways (BA) cabin crew having little or no effect on flights from London Gatwick Airport to Jamaica...
A POLICE armoured car at the corner of Rose Lane and Drummond Street was the only reminder last Thursday of the gunfight that took place at the Hannah Town-Denham Town border three days earlier....
WESTERN BUREAU:WITH JUST under a month before the winter tourist season ends, Jamaica is experiencing a seven per cent increase in stopover arrivals, Tourism Minister...
GOVERNMENT MINISTER Edmund Bartlett yesterday mounted a staunch defence of a controversial American Airlines accord and charged that he has never misled the Cabinet or Parliament during his 25 years in public...
It's been a bumpy 30-month ride for self-proclaimed "Driver" Prime Minister Bruce Golding, with no apparent end in sight. For the past two and a half years,...
THE BELIEF that many policemen and women are corrupt has joined low salary and bad working conditions as the main reasons educated young Jamaicans are shying away from a career in...
TWO JAMAICAN Constabulary Force (JCF) members stood under a tree at Kingston College, talking to a student whose shirt was not tucked into his trousers.
A SENIOR police sergeant told The Sunday Gleaner that to bypass the selection process, prospective recruits gain entry into the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) through bribery.She alleges that it is relatively easy for people to make contact with...
The missing train station in St Margaret's Bay, Portland, was striking, but the desolation where the one in May Pen, Clarendon, once stood is especially jarring.
In a situation where one person out of a population is a deviant, we would focus an explanation of his deviance on the formation of his personality. But in a situation where an entire section of a population is deviant, our focus inevitably must be directed to processes that shape the foundations of behaviour.
Christopher 'Dudus' Coke will remain on the United States most-wanted list even if he is not extradited by the Jamaican authorities.An official of the US Attorney's Office says the west Kingston strongman known as the...
ACUTE POVERTY and violence are denying students vital hours in the classroom. These age-old problems have not gone unnoticed by researchers and the Ministry of Education.
A tremor shook sections of New Kingston as well as downtown Kingston yesterday around 1:08 in the afternoon.The earthquake, whose epicentre was located 65 kilometres east southeast of Santiago, Cuba, measured 5.6 on the Richter scale, according to the...
MANY JAMAICANS left the ticket office at the National Stadium yesterday morning disappointed and disgruntled as their pursuit of grandstand tickets for the final day of the 100th staging of Champs proved futile.
North Street was a hotbed of excitement yesterday afternoon as defending ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys' champions Kingston College (KC) played host to the Gleaner-powered 'Champs 100' tour.
WHILE JAMAICAN Olympians continue to make strides into the future, the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA), along with Great House OmniMedia publishing, documented track and field's past in great detail.
USING THE American International School of Kingston (AISK) as a marker, Minister of Education Andrew Holness said the rest of the education fraternity, including the government's stake, should strive to build the facilities which it now offers its...
Former vice-president of the People's National Party (PNP) Dr Peter Phillips has been given an official platform within the party, but Chairman Robert Pickersgill is downplaying its significance...
Rank-and-file cops are questioning whether the Police High Command has changed its policy on the use of highway patrols, with the withdrawal of a substantial portion of the fleet from the streets...
WESTERN BUREAU:The island's custodes will be given executive office spaces at major courthouses in the parishes they represent, according to Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Senator Dorothy Lightbourne...
The woman who was publicly celebrated for her honesty after she surrendered more than $1 million she found two years ago has been robbed of her only son...
