Whitmore relieved Reggae Boyz will return to action soon
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:53:58 -0800

... that coincides with a three-month suspension served by Jamaica Football Federation president, Captain Horace Burrell. "They might not be the type of games that we are looking for, but you have to start somewhere," Whitmore told The Gleaner .

No conflict of interest - Walker
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:53:59 -0800

The Gleaner contacted the ministry but was told that the official was not at work yesterday. In her annual report tabled in Parliament yesterday, Monroe Ellis contradicted Walker's claims that the assignment of the vehicle to the employee was ...

Pants on the ground
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:54:02 -0800

Only his hand, desperately clutching his waist, saved his fellow parliamentarians and, indeed, the rest of Jamaica , from the type of visual from which we might have never recovered. Much has already been said about Lloyd B. nearly revealing his B, ...

'We'll now be looked at differently'
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:52:45 -0800

Powell spoke with The Gleaner after his team defeated Portmore United 3-1 on penalties, after playing to a 1-1 draw at the end of regulation and extra time, in final at Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex that ended after midnight on Monday.

Jamaica Launches Emergency Jobs Initiative
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:44:10 -0800

... gangs and is sought by US authorities on drug and arms trafficking charges but residents of West Kingston neighborhoods have set up barricades to prevent the police for entering the slums to execute the order. (AP Photo/The Jamaica Gleaner , Ian Allen)

Political cell-out
Sun, 22 Jan 2012 03:57:38 -0800

At Claro's Jamaican launch, The Gleaner reported: "Claro Jamaica CEO, Alejandro Gutierrez, indicated that Jamaica would be the launch pad for the United States and the United Kingdom. According to Gutierrez, the company planned to be number one in the ...

Health ministry refocuses on security at local facilities
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:02:19 -0800

Looking on are Joffia Johnson-Bell (second left), Welch's brand manager, and Deborah Chen, executive director, the Heart Foundation of Jamaica . - Ian Allen/Photographer The Ministry of Health is to unveil critical security measures in another two weeks ...

Indoor courts launching pad for netball - Hall
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:02:13 -0800

Maureen Hall, high performance director of the Jamaica Netball Association (JNA), said there is urgent need for better playing surfaces across the island. Hall told The Gleaner in an interview yesterday that local players need to start playing a lot ...

Jamaica MP hits out at pension benefits for PM, governor general
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:11:35 -0800

By Stabroek editor | 0 Comments | Breaking News | Thursday, January 26, 2012 ( Jamaica Gleaner ) Controversial legislator Everald Warmington wants to see an end to the public paying for accommodation, chauffeurs, gardeners, helpers and secretaries for ...

Scotiabank gives $5m to Gleaner's Olympic coverage
Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:00:55 -0800

Banking giant Scotia-bank Jamaica Limited yesterday confirmed its 'Gold' sponsorship of The Gleaner's exciting London 2012 Olympic coverage programme - 'Daegu to London' - with a cheque presentation at the newspaper's North Street office yesterday.

Caught with one's pants down
Sun, 22 Jan 2012 03:57:54 -0800

The Gleaner was not feeling a lot of empathy for Lloyd B. Smith. Others of us would have quietly ignored the whole incident and exercised some self-censorship. But that is probably because we find it too easy to envision ourselves being in exactly the ...

Isratech Water Works launched
Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:01:14 -0800

"We have been looking at new ways to collect water waste, especially from new housing developments," Dovi Ayalon, vice-president of Jamaica Drip Irrigation told The Gleaner at a seminar which was held at the company's Kendal, Manchester plant.

Portia stalls JEEP
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:02:19 -0800

Mr (Ancile) Brewster (IDB Jamaica country representative), you have our assurance of the highest level of probity and integrity in the execution and management of this programme." On Monday, Brewster had indicated to The Gleaner that he was unaware of ...

Russell, Findlay highlight disunity in Jamaica camp
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:01:38 -0800

As a team it is about sticking together and we are kind of lacking in that department at the moment, the West Indies all-rounder said in an article appearing in the Jamaica Gleaner on Tuesday. It's not professional for players to go on the field and ...

Parents, grandma killed trying to save child
Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:00:39 -0800

I found it unusual to encounter traffic that time of morning," Smith told The Gleaner . "Eventually, a taxi man told us there was an accident up the road. Further up someone else said four persons died in a car crash. I feel my heart stop.

Hotels booked out for Jazz
Sun, 22 Jan 2012 03:57:52 -0800

The upcoming Jamaica Jazz & Blues weekend may find patrons scrambling for accommodation, as most hotels are either already fully booked or close to being booked out ahead of the festival. The Jamaica Jazz & Blues Festival, which will run from Thursday, ...

REPORTER'S notebook - Ignoring the polls at my peril
Sun, 01 Jan 2012 01:10:17 -0800

With the final Gleaner -Johnson poll done 11 days before Jamaicans voted, that momentum would have given the PNP a further nine percentage points in popular support or a lead of 11 per cent over the JLP, which could easily translate to 65 per cent of ...

Abject cronyism
Sun, 22 Jan 2012 22:26:20 -0800

The Gleaner's robust defence of Ms Porteous is dangerous to the process of good governance and antithetical to the spirit of democracy. The issue central to the public unease over Ms Porteous' appointment stems from the foul truth that in Jamaica , ...

Letter of the day - Victimised by JPS for low bill
Sun, 22 Jan 2012 03:58:18 -0800

I had an experience on Monday, January 16, which I would like to share with Jamaica . I was at home listening to a talk show while doing chores around 10:45 am when my electricity went out for the fourth or fifth time that morning.

Smooth sailing to Caribbean T20 title, says Ramdin
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:30:15 -0800

"We are known as the Red Force and we showed we are a true force," Ramdin told the Jamaican Gleaner . "We didn't get it right in the first match, Windwards gave us a kick up the backside, but we came back as a strong force against Leeward Islands and ...