Recently added articles from The Weekly Gleaner:
Ready for DNA!
Jul 31, 2008; Hall, Arthur ... Jamaica's Government Forensic Lab says it's prepared to handle more cases THE GOVERNMENT'S Forensic Laboratory is improving its technology to deal with the expected increase in requests for DNA tests under the latest anti-crime plan. On Tuesday, July 22, Prime Minister Bruce ...
New Scotia boss
Jul 31, 2008; Anonymous ... THE BOARD of the Bank of Nova Scotia Jamaica Ltd on Monday July 28 named Canadian Bruce Bowen as the bank's new president and CEO. The revelation follows this month's shocking announcement that William 'Bill' Clarke will retire after 40 years with the institution. Bowen currently ...
Grange regrets positive test results
Jul 31, 2008; Anonymous ... SPORTS MINISTER Olivia Grange Monday, expressed disappointment with the reports that a Jamaican athlete who was selected to represent the country at the Beijing Olympics has tested positive for a banned substance. Grange, however, declined to comment further, saying she would do so after ...
Auxiliary fee crisis
Jul 31, 2008; Franklyn-Brown, Tendai ... Schools blame government rhetoric SOME SCHOOL administrators are claiming that the collection of auxiliary school fees has significantly dropped, making it harder for them to function and procure equipment to enhance the quality of education offered. A representative from a ...
Paul Burke retires from active politics
Jul 31, 2008; Anonymous ... LONG-STANDING MEMBER of the People's National Party (PNP) Paul Burke has retired from active politics. Burke, a PNP organiser and former chairman of the party's Region Three, advised party leaders of his decision on Sunday, July 27, in a strong-eight page letter that was distributed ...
The greedy and the gullible
Jul 31, 2008; Quill, Dennie ... I HAVE had long, and sometimes heated, conversations with friends over their decision to participate in the Ponzi-driven frenzy that Jamaica has recently experienced. The first time I heard about one of these schemes promising super returns on investment, my antennae went up. I was taken ...
This grave crisis needs more than powder puffs
Jul 31, 2008; Anonymous ... EDITORIAL PRIME MINISTER Golding, unsurprisingly, was exasperated last week with those people who fail to recognise a grave crisis, even though daily it stares Jamaica in the face. "I listen to some of my friends in the human-rights organisations," Mr Golding confided to ...
New petcoke facility for Jamaica
Jul 31, 2008; Myers, John ... JAMAICA PUBLIC Service Company (JPS) and stateowned oil refinery Petrojam and its parent company, the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) have signed off on a deal to construct a new US$300 million (J$21.6 billion) petcoke cogeneration power plant, in Kingston. JPS president and CEO ...
REMITTANCES HIGH IN POOR COUNTRIES
Jul 31, 2008; Anonymous ... Haitians spend big on relatives back home, says study TORONTO: ROUGHLY FOUR in 10 immigrants who arrived in Canada during 2000/2001 sent money to family or friends abroad at least once during their first four years in the country. That's according to a study by Statistics Canada ...
Economic troubles strain small South Florida churches
Jul 31, 2008; Anonymous ... SOUTH FLORIDA EVEN THE most fervent prayers haven't been enough to save some of South Florida's small immigrant churches. So far, about six in Broward have defaulted on mortgages and lost their places of worship, said Pastor Michael Petty, executive director of the Gulf Stream ...
Noreen Alleyne Joins OPP as Interim Provincial Commande
Jul 31, 2008; Anonymous ... TORONTO: NOREEN ALLEYNE will be joining the OPP as Interim Provincial Commander of Corporate Services. Alleyne is currently director of Police Support Services Branch, Public Safety Division of the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services ...
The History of Jamaica Festival
Jul 31, 2008; Tortella, Rebecca ... What a bam bam JAMAICA FESTIVAL a national salute to local talent and ingenuity in local vernacular 'a bam bam.' How appropriate that the phrase introduced to the nation in 1966 by Toots and the Maytals in their winning festival song, can be used to aptly describe Jamaica Festival ...
Messages
Jul 31, 2008; Anonymous ......Consul General - Miami AS JAMAICAN nationals at home and abroad prepare to celebrate their island nation's 46th Year of Independence there is so much for which we need to be thankful. It is important that we appreciate the academic, political, philanthropic, cultural, artistic and ...
Independence float to return
Jul 31, 2008; Anonymous ... THIS YEAR'S Independence Day celebrations will see the return of the float parade and grand gala. Minister of information and culture, Olivia 'Babsy' Grange, made the announcement on Wednesday, July 23, during a media tour of the Float Production Workshop at West King's House grounds ....
My Cup and saucer still bring joy
Jul 31, 2008; Thompson, Shelly-Ann ... Independence memorabilia WHEN JAMAICA was granted self-government on August 6, 1962, several pieces of memorabilia were issued to citizens of all ages across the country. Children attending primary, all-age, junior high and high schools were given cups and flags. Several adults, ...
Dancefest delights in dry conditions
Jul 31, 2008; Cooke, Mel ... AFTER THE engaging 'Tru Jamaican Style' by Mineral Heights Primary, one grinning youngster reclaiming his fallen straw hat when the mento dance was over, MC Dervan Malcolm reminded the large audience at the National Indoor Sports Centre (NISC) of a recent mass 'gi dem a run'. He asked ...
Understanding Independence through cultural identity
Jul 31, 2008; Seaga, Edward ... INDEPENDENCE IS, first of all, the political status of a country which is sovereign, that is, free from political bonds, which can exercise domain over its freedom. This status opens the doors of opportunity to enter into the halls of international bodies and sit with other free and independent ...
Jamaicans in Brampton to celebrate Independence
Jul 31, 2008; Armstrong, Neil ... JAMAICANS IN the City of Brampton, one of Canada's fastest growing cities, will celebrate Jamaica's 46th anniversary of Independence on Wednesday, August 6 at 10a.m. This is the first time that a flag-raising ceremony marking the country's independence will be held at the Brampton City ...
Ska - the sound of a youthful Jamaica
Jul 31, 2008; Brown, Deon ... NYC: IT IS Friday evening, July 18, and the early sounds of Jamaica are blasting from the basement of an Episcopal church off White Plains Road in the Bronx. It is a humid evening on a day when temperatures had tipped over the 90 degree mark and showed no signs of improving into the late ...
Roy shines ray on festival again
Jul 31, 2008; Brooks, Sadeke ... A LTHOUGH A common saying, the phrase "give thanks and praises" still brings the now four-time Festival Song Competition winner, Roy Rayon, to mind. And while some people disagree with his latest win recently, he is still happy. "I entered the competition with nine other people hoping to ...