Hotel mayhem - Three shot as pandemonium erupts at Bahia work site
OCHO RIOS, St. Ann: A RIOT involving employees and security personnel at the problem-plagued Bahia Principe hotel construction site at Pear Tree Bottom in St. Ann yesterday led to an indefinite closure of the site.
GSAT PERFORMERS - Richard gained success through his hard work
WESTERN BUREAU: "I WAS really hopeful but I really did not know what to expect," said Richard Merchant, 12-year-old prefect of the Mount Alvernia Preparatory. He was recalling his reaction to the news that he had received a Government...
West Indies cricket gets credit card help
FIRSTCARIBBEAN International Bank (FCIB) has partnered with the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and Visa International to launch the WICB Visa credit card. This was announced at the card's official launch at Cuddy'z Restaurant and Bar...
Religious commitment and duty
MOST WELL-THINKING Jamaicans were disgusted at the sexual assault of an underage schoolgirl in the back of a van, while the act was being videotaped - the van allegedly driven by a deacon of the Dayton Avenue Church of God. Now comes Ms. Ruby Kelly...
LETTER OF THE DAY - Hear the children's cry
THE EDITOR, Sir: ON MARCH 8, 2006 a letter I had written was published by The Gleaner as the letter of the day. It is a honour for which I am grateful but one which has brought me no joy. No one has heard my simple request...
'Performance Poetry' in the spotlight
WHEN MUTABARUKA sat on a chair onstage at the Dennis Scott Studio Theatre, Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts, on Sunday morning, poetry was literally in the spotlight.
Barbados shipping reps tour Port of Kingston
REPRESENTATIVES OF the Shipping Association of Barbados (SAB), led by SAB President Robert Foster, visited Jamaica last week as part of their three-nation tour that also included Trinidad & Tobago and Puerto Rico.
SCUBA DIVING IN JAMAICA - wonders of our waters
SOME MIGHT argue that it is the white sands, tropical palm trees, and dazzling sunshine that allure holidaymakers from around the world to Jamaica. In fact, each year the number of tourists visiting Jamaica is increasing, many of these...
