Rage over bail - As court releases kidnap suspects, Nelson appeals for justice minister to step in
Minister of National Security Dwight Nelson is furious that the court has granted bail to three of four members of a group of suspected kidnappers accused of abducting a prominent St Ann businessman. A clearly furious Nelson told The Gleaner yesterday that he has discussed...
Dengue threat bites St Mary
A dengue epidemic is threatening to hit St Mary with the parish's health department detecting a breeding level of the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which carries the disease, that is almost four times the accepted level set by the World Health Organisation...
Stage set for final goodbye
Today marks the last day on which mourners will be able to sign condolence books dedicated to late cultural icon, Professor Rex Nettleford. One more of these books was added on Friday in the western end of the island - at Cornwall College in St James -...
Riverton cools down
Executive director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority, Joan Gordon-Webley, yesterday told The Gleaner/Power 106 newsroom that the fire and smoke nuisance at the Riverton landfill in Kingston should be under control before the city wakes up to start its workweek today...
Lights out for smokers
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC): Smokers in Trinidad and Tobago will soon be stripped of their right to light up in public as they wish as a new law that seeks to curb the practice is to take effect this week.In a release issued on the weekend, the health...
'Affirmative action' call to assure jobs for youths
Chairman of the Jamaica Association of Young Professionals, Junior Rose, is calling for the introduction of an "affirmative action" policy which would require companies in the island to have a minimum percentage of their workforce aged 20-29....
Fitting farewell for Youthlink writer
"Help me to treasure my enemies, for they alone can help me see my faults. Help me to honour those who love me and never turn away from the ones who need me the most." These were the words from a prayer written by Patti-Ann Lothian, whose family and friends...
Gastro cases on the rise
There has been a dramatic increase in the number of cases of gastro-enteritis across the island.Dr Karen Lewis-Bell, director of family-health services in the Ministry of Health, told The Gleaner that the hike in the number...
George's, Immaculate contribute to Haiti relief
Struck by the suffering caused by the earthquake which destroyed Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, one month ago, students at the Immaculate Conception High School and St George's College raised $500,000 which has been donated to the relief effort...