Archive for July, 2009

Golden agers who spent their lives toiling in the bauxite industry have been dealt another severe blow as the global economic meltdown continues to unleash its effects on the alumina sector. Two hundred and fifty retirees who received health-care…

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AFTER YEARS of persistent appeals from owners of strata properties for changes to the Strata Titles Act, parliamentarians will in September continue debate on amendments to the legislation with a view to passing the bill into law. Delinquent owners…

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Send photos from your graduation ceremonies in June or July, along with detailed captions, and we will publish them. Email to editor@gleanerjm.com or drop off at 7 North Street, Kingston….

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The Crown yesterday closed its case in the corruption trial of Superintendent Harry ‘Bungles’ Daley in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court, after calling Detective Inspector of Police Paul Thomas to the witness stand…

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One of the correctional officers on duty when a fire razed the Armadale Juvenile Correctional Centre in May, killing seven girls, said yesterday the atmosphere had become tense two weeks before the incident. Caldeen Shaw-Slack told the commission…

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The Government is planning an almost weeklong schedule of activities as a final tribute to Lady Bustamante. The activities will begin next Monday and end with her funeral at Sts Peter and Paul Roman Catholic Church in St Andrew the following Saturday…

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WESTERN BUREAU: A raging fire destroyed more than 300 acres of land in St Elizabeth yesterday as it blazed for over four hours across the Barbary Hall and Mountainside districts of the parish.Several farmers were left…

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The much-touted Constituency Development Fund (CDF) could be one of the victims when the Government begins the process of slashing its expenditure budget to move it in line with current revenue. The CDF was a key plank of the Jamaica Labour Party’s campaign …

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