The Weekly Gleaner back issues from January 2009:
HONEST DHAIMA
Jan 01, 2009; ... Woman returns $1M FATE SOUGHT to tempt legal sec retary Dhaima Brookes when she stumbled upon $1 mil- lion in an ATM in the Portmore Mall, St Catherine, on Sunday, December 28. Undeterred by any possible temptation to walk away with the find, Brookes displayed an act of goodwill, which ...
Transcending religion, Yuletide spirit touches all
Jan 01, 2009; ... AS FAR back as I can remember there had been no better time than Christmas," says Asha Mohansingh, who has been immersed in the season's festivities since her childhood. "We go to our grandparents in Clarendon on Christmas Day, where the usual festivities abound," says ...
Aloha to the season
Jan 01, 2009; ... DECEMBER, EVEN in Jamaica, can be a little chilly; so big up to National Commercial Bank Insurance Company for heating things up. The company hosted its staff party on Saturday, December 20 at the Liguanea Club in New Kingston and the Hawaiian theme was just what the 'coldish' evening ...
Former Kingston mayor dies at 88
Jan 01, 2009; ... FORMER MAYOR of Kingston Marie Atkins died on Sunday, December 28. She died at her home in Cherry Gardens, St Andrew. She was 88 years old. Atkins, who represented the Waterhouse division as a councillor for the People's National Party (PNP) for 30 years, was mayor of of Kingston ...
Helping hands
Jan 01, 2009; ... $1m already for Portland children JUST OVER $1 million has already been pledged to the fund established to assist the children of the victims of an accident on Friday, December 19 in Portland. The Office of the Prime Minister opened the fund with a donation of $500,000, which was ...
Visitors pour in despite economic woes
Jan 01, 2009; ... DESPITE THE global economic crisis, some returning residents and first-timers have still chosen to make Jamaica their destination of travel, flocking to the island to celebrate Christmas and ring in the New Year. Although the number of persons present at the Norman Manley International ...
Atlanta children fund gives back to inner-city schools
Jan 01, 2009; ... JIS, Washington: THE ATLANTA-based Jamaican organisation, Integrity Children's Fund Inc., has contributed over US$200,000 over the past six years to a number of schools in Kingston's inner-city communities. According to Integrity Children's Fund president, Major Karl Chambers, ...
After 52 years ... Blue Cross out ....Sagicor taking over
Jan 01, 2009; ... SAGICOR LIFE Jamaica Limited has been given 60 days by Blue Cross/Blue Shield, international owners of the brand, to finalise the transfer of the Jamaican business, and informed sources say that the transition is already two weeks underway with visible signs of the rebranding expected by next ...
CVM closes down Hot 102 MoBay
Jan 01, 2009; ... THE CVM Group closed its Hot 102 FM radio operations in Montego Bay on December 31. The move eliminated 15 jobs, including sales, news, sports, technical operations and administration. Wayne Chen, chairman of the CVM group, said the MoBay operation was unprofitable." It has been ...
Goodyear shareholders to get 80-100% compensation
Jan 01, 2009; ... SHAREHOLDERS OF Goodyear Jamaica Limited can expect at least 80 per cent compensation per dollar of assets liquidated, net of debt repayments, the company said Friday, December 19 at a meeting that voted unanimously for the plan to wind up the Jamaican operation. The Goodyear Jamaica ...
Advice for tough times, PM
Jan 01, 2009; ... EDITORIAL PRIME MINISTER Bruce Golding is not expected to have had much of a Christmas holiday, which we expect to be the case for prime ministers even in the best of times. And these are hardly good times. With the global credit crisis and resultant recession, all major sectors ...
'JULAN' unleashed
Jan 01, 2009; ... TWO YEARS ago, Juliette Andrea Dyke visited Rome in Italy and the Coliseum in Greece. The trip became the source of inspiration for her first major fashion show collection: The Roman's Legacy Re-Defined. On Thursday, December 11, under the brand name 'JULAN' (a combination of her first ...
Belize firm accused of gun-running
Jan 01, 2009; ... LOS ANGELES, CMC: A UNITED States federal investigation into an alleged gun smuggling operation is focusing its interest on the owner a Belizean security firm. According to law enforcement authorities and internal Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) documents, veteran LAPD ...
Plug pulled on 80-year-old Florida hospital
Jan 01, 2009; ... GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA'S first community hospital has been on life support since the Shands Healthcare system in northern Florida bought it a dozen years ago. Now, because of the recession, the plug is being pulled on 80-year-old, money-losing Shands AGH, seen on Wednesday, December ...
Autoworkers walking on 'pins and needles' regarding their jobs
Jan 01, 2009; ... TORONTO MIKE ALLEN and Richard Davidson are two of the 30,000 Canadian autoworkers working at the Big Three - General Motors, Chrysler and Ford - in Ontario who are being adversely affected by the slumping market in the auto industry but tney are hopeful about the future. Following on ...
Over 50 additional farm workers fired during Christmas season
Jan 01, 2009; ... TORONTO, Ontario: MORE THAN 50 Guatemalan farm workers, the majority of them women, have been issued notices of termination by Rol-Land Farms. The workers were told that they are scheduled to be evicted and repatriated on December 28, 29, and 30, during the Christmas season. These latest ...
ECLAC says region will be hardest hit by slowdown
Jan 01, 2009; ... UNITED NATIONS, CMC: THE UNITED Nations' Economic Commission for Latin America and the Carribbean (ECLAC) has warned that Central America and the Caribbean will be most affected by stagnation in tourism caused by the global fmancial crisis. According to ECLAC's "Preliminary ...
US$40 million Berbice bridge opens
Jan 01, 2009; ... GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC: AFTER MUCH delay, the etate-of-the-art US$40 million Berbice River floating bridge was opened to the public on Tuesday Decmebr 23, making it easier to link with residents and businesses located in the eastern region of Guyana. The final touches were done ...
Washington-based group calls for cancellation of Haiti's debt
Jan 01, 2009; ... WASHINGTON DC, CMC: NO MORE time should be wasted in cancelling Haiti's debt to international agencies, the Centre for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) has argued and blamed such bodies of contributing to the economic damage in the poorest country in the Western ...
Fabulous costumes, great choreography at 'Jus Dance'
Jan 01, 2009; ... Fabulous costumes, great choreography at 'Jus Dance' IN THEIR third season, the Esor Dance Ensemble 'Jus Dance' was a showcase of sound choreography, fantastic costumes and energetic movements. The show was held on Saturday, December 20, at Courtleigh Auditorium, New ...
Comedians slay audience at Western Comedy Fest
Jan 01, 2009; ... THE REFRESHING sound of laughter in Montego Bay, St James, on Sunday night, December 21, was delivered through an excellent entertainment package at Pier One dubbed 'Western Comedy Fest', which featured a unique mixture of seasoned and upcoming comedians. While the scheduled 8 p.m. show ...
Jamaican author flies towards his success
Jan 01, 2009; ... With 'Henry Baldpate and His Treetop Friends' DEPORTEE Weekly Gleaner Writer WALKING ACROSS the white sand beach at Negril's Sunset at the Palms Resort and Spa gives a different perspective of nature. Between the revving engines of motor cars and the lovely view of the ...
Bolt sprints away with T&F News' top award
Jan 01, 2009; ... WHILE TRIPLE Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt waits to see if he will be named the 2008 World Sportsman of the Year, he has been named Track and Field News' Male Athlete of the Year. Track and Field News is widely considered the Bible of track and field. Bolt, who the magazine ...
Well done, Sir Jo
Jan 01, 2009; ... WHEN THE Gleaner moved office from Harbour Street to North Street in 1969, it was more than just a change of address for proofreader Harvey Josephs. For five years, be attended Kingston College, which was a hop and skip away from the newspaper's new location. "It was very emotional ....
JTTA puts a backspin on coaches
Jan 01, 2009; ... KEITH GARVEY, president of the Jamaica Table Tennis Association, has mandated all national table tennis coaches to hand in their resignation with immediate effect. This move follows Jamaica's disappointing third-place finish at the just-concluded Caribbean Regional Table Tennis ...
After decades in journalism, Gleaner veterans take final bow
Jan 01, 2009; ... Ken Allen's last 'write' of passage FOR A man of few words, Ken Allen has certainly made his mark on a profession that requires a lot' of talking. His quiet intellect, and wit, have been a feature of The Gleaner's Editorial Department for more than 50 years. A former ...
'A draw is better than losing'
Jan 01, 2009; ... Battling qualities pleases Dyson NAPIER, New Zealand (CMC): WEST INDIES coach, John Dyson, has hailed the regional side's fighting qualities following their drawn second Test against New Zealand last week and says the result was a better one than losing the match. West ...
CHRIS GAYLE SLAMS MAGNIFICENT 197
Jan 01, 2009; ... CAPTAIN CHRIS Gayle made a superb 197 as the West Indies reached 375 in. their second innings on the final day of the second cricket Test on Tuesday, December 23, setting New Zealand 312 in two sessions to win the match and series. The West Indies resumed at 278 for seven, leading by 214 ...
Johnson angry over rematch
Jan 01, 2009; ... JAMAICA'S FORMER world light heavyweight boxing champion, Glen Johnson, is furious that current International Boxing Federation (IBF) champion Chad Dawson has agreed to meet fellow American Antonio Tarver in a rematch. Dawson and Tarver are set to clash on March 14 in a rematch, but ...
Malcolm delighted at U-20 call-up
Jan 01, 2009; ... ST GEORGE'S College striker, Kemal Malcolm, said he was not surprised at his call-up to the Junior Reggae Boyz squad for their upcoming Caribbean Football Union (CFU) final stage play-off, which will be held in St Vincent and the Grenadines in one weeks' time. The Meadhaven United ...
BILL CLARKE BATTLES SCOTIABANK
Jan 08, 2009; ... Ex-boss wants to stay in residence until retirement deal is settled RETIRED PRESIDENT and chief executive officer of Scotiabank Jamaica, William 'Bill' Clarke, is now engaged in a legal battle in the Supreme Court to prevent the bank from evicting him from the house which was assigned to ...
PAINFUL MEMORIES
Jan 08, 2009; ... TEARS, ANGER and disgust mark the faces of many who file past the monument for slain children at the intersection of Church and Tower streets in downtown Kingston. 'Secret Gardens' was established by the Kingston and St Andrew Corporation last November, as a poignant reminder of the more ...
'Don't worry about me', says Seaga
Jan 08, 2009; ... FORMER PRIME Minister Edward Seaga says from a Miami hospital bed that Jamaicans should not be distressed, despite the fact that he is now confined to hospital. "He says to tell everybody that they are not to worry and that things are under control," Minister of Information, Culture, ...
Freeze on Joey Issa's assets lifted
Jan 08, 2009; ... THE ASSETS of businessman Joseph 'Joey' Issa are no longer frozen as the Supreme Court Monday set aside the freezing order which was granted on December 15, 2008. St Ann businessman Arthur Von Strolley has filed a suit in the Supreme Court against Issa's company Wisdom Investments ...
J'cans get relief at last
Jan 08, 2009; ... THE BULK of the Government's stimulus package to cushion the blow from a global financial downturn to critical sectors of the Jamaican economy took effect on January 1. Top of the list is a break for wage earners who started paying less for income tax as of January 1. The annual ...
One in a million
Jan 08, 2009; ... YOU ARE one in a million!" Such was the adoration bestowed on Dhaima Brookes by Valerie Juggan-Brown, group managing director of Guardsman Limited, when Brookes stepped into the security firm's offices in St Andrew on Monday, December 29. Brookes had been invited to the Guardsman offices ...
George Flash is dead
Jan 08, 2009; ... WELL-KNOWN People's National Party (PNP) political activist, George Flash, died at the University Hospital of the West Indies on Sunday, December 28 after a battle with cancer. Paul Burke, former regional chairman in the PNP, told The Weekly Gleaner last week that he was informed about ...
J'can Jews support Israeli attacks
Jan 08, 2009; ... THE JEWISH community in Jamaica is supporting the government of Israel's heaviest bombardment of the Gaza Strip in decades. The air strikes, which started on Saturday, December 27, rank among the deadliest attacks by Israel on Gaza with more than 300 persons, including civilians, killed ....
Uncertainty over future of sugar divestment deal
Jan 08, 2009; ... ACLOUD of uncertainty is hovering over the Government's efforts to privatise the Sugar Company of Jamaica with reports surfacing that the deal, which should have been completed on December 31, has either been delayed or scrapped. Telephone calls to Agriculture Minister Dr Christopher ...
Jobless urged to stop being worrywarts
Jan 08, 2009; ... ALREADY MORE than 1,000 Jamaicans from a number of sectors have lost their jobs and the labour minister has warned that more layoffs loom this year. As the global financial crisis worsens, many persons have been grappling with a sense of fear and panic as 2009 commences. However, ...
FirstCaribbean Ja gets new head
Jan 08, 2009; ... FIRSTCARIBBEAN International Bank (FCIB) has named Clovis Metcalfe, a 36 year banking veteran, the new head of its Jamaican operation, replacing Milton Brady. "My predecessor has set a good track record and it is important to continue to maintain the image of the bank and provide quality ...
Getting the small things right
Jan 08, 2009; ... IF HE is like many people, Prime Minister Bruce Golding has by now jotted down his list of resolutions for the new year, to which he has declared himself to be firmly committed. And if he is like most politicians, which we have no reason to believe that he is not, those resolutions ...
Shaggy and Friends ROCK JAMAICA HOUSE FOR CHARITY
Jan 08, 2009; ... THE THOUSANDS of Jamaicans who called Shaggy's bluff and turned out for the Shaggy and Friends concert held on the lawns of Jamaica House on Saturday night were treated to a seemingly endless line-up of quality performances, crowned by those from Elephant Man, socaqueen Alison Hinds and the man ...
Hammond's moment too long in coming
Jan 08, 2009; ... WITH THE fixed seats of the National Stadium's grandstand rising behind white chairs arranged on the cycle track and part of the covered athletics track, all facing a huge black stage, which had its own towering backdrop, Sunday's 'Moment' was a stunning production in a superb ...
UK MAY REQUIRE VISA FROM OECS
Jan 08, 2009; ... Immigration authorities tighten security ST LUCIANS and other eastern Caribbean nationals may soon have to join Jamaica in requiring a visa to enter Britain, that country's High commissioner, Karl Burrows, says. He said that the UK government is doing visa requirement tests to ...
Bermuda Premier among honourees at UWI gala
Jan 08, 2009; ... NEW YORK, CMC: MORE THAN a dozen individuals, including one Caribbean Head of Government, will be honoured later this month by the American Foundation for the University of the West Indies (UWI). Bermuda Premier Ewart Brown will be made a Caribbean luminary at the 12th annual ...
Kwanzaa Celebration
Jan 08, 2009; ... NYC: KWANZAA, A holiday (or Holy Day) based upon the African tradition of celebrating the harvesting of the first fruits, was celebrated with great gusto and cultural pride at the Rochdale Village Community Center in Queens on Saturday, December 27. The 3rd Annual Kwanzaa Gala ...
VS authorities make another major drug haul
Jan 08, 2009; ... CHARLOTTE AMARUE, USVI, CMC: UNITED STATES authorities say their fight against the drugs trade is heading in the right direction, after they seized 100 kilograms of cocaine in the Port of St John on a ship travelling from Guyana - the second in the USVI in recent- weeks. US Drug ...
Haitian refugees nabbed in Honda
Jan 08, 2009; ... MIAMI, CMC: POLICE IN a Florida city have detained 14 Haitians refugees who landed in a fishing boat Saturday January 3, at an inlet near Miami. The Haitians came in on the 26-foot Ocean Runner fishing boat that headed straight from the Boynton Beach inlet to Boat Club Park, near ...
Jay Hope to launch Black History
Jan 08, 2009; ... ONTARIO: DEPUTY MINISTER of Correctional Services, Jay Hope will be the keynote speaker at the 30th annual celebration of February as Black History Month organized by the Ontario Black History Society. The event will be held at the Westin Harbour Castle Hotel on Sunday, January 25, under ...
Black Daddies Club gives back
Jan 08, 2009; ... TORONTO: THE BLACK Daddies Club (BDC) presented their first House-warming: Holiday Drive and it was such a success they want to do it again next year. The main ingrethent of the afternoon was seeing black fathers, those who otherwise would not be, interacting with their ...
African and Caribbean Women Living with HIV/AIDS in Toronto
Jan 08, 2009; ... TORONTO: The Woman I Have Become: A documentary film that tracks the lives of eight black Toronto women with HIV was recently launched in the city and campaigners hope that it part of an arsenal in the fight against discrimination and stigma against people living with the ...
Large Gaps in Diabetes Care in New York City, Studies show
Jan 08, 2009; ... One in four New York City adults is at high risk of developing diabetes NYC: A NEW study from the Health Department reveals huge gaps in the care that New Yorkers with diabetes receive. High blood pressure and high cholesterol pose extreme hazards to people with diabetes, ...
Toronto: One of the most liveable and competitive cities in the world
Jan 08, 2009; ... TORONTO CONTINUES to be considered one of the most liveable and competitive cities in the world as demonstrated by various international rankings and reports. In addition to securing its position on the world stage, Toronto's high rankings also confirm that it continues to offer a high quality ...
Barbados' leader sees CSME as a priority
Jan 08, 2009; ... BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC : THE CARIBBEAN Community's lead spokesman on the regional single market and economy, Barbados Prime Minister David Thompson, says he is looking forward to work with the new United States government aimed at safeguarding the regional ...
2008, a year of progress for the Caribbean, says Castro government
Jan 08, 2009; ... HAVANA, Cuba, CMC: THE CUBAN government says 2008 was a year of progress for the Latin American and Caribbean region and one that was marked by the consolidation and expansion of various social, political and economic processes. FIGHT The Raul Castro administration has ...
Canada Post to honour two black Canadians on stamps
Jan 08, 2009; ... TORONTO: TO RECOGNIZE February as Black History Month Canada Post will issue two stamps bearing the images of two prominent black Canadians. "The mandate of the stamp program is to celebrate Canada and its diverse people, its major accomplishment, rich history, tradition and ...
Belize's Prime Minister speaks of significance of his election
Jan 08, 2009; ... NEW YORK, CMC: BELIZE'S PRIME Minister Dean Barrow sees his election last February as significant, as he does that of Barack Obama to the presidency of the United States. Barrow, the first Black prime minister of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)-member state, told reporters ...
Officials bracing for fall off in business
Jan 08, 2009; ... MIAMI, CMC: CARIBBEAN TOURISM officials are bracing for a significant fall off in business during the first quarter of this year, owing to the global economic situation. The chairman of the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), Antigua and Barbuda's tourism minister Harold ...
Thumbs up for 'Runner Boy'
Jan 08, 2009; ... Thumbs up for 'Runner Boy' ON FRIDAY, December 26, the curtains went up for The Little Theatre Movement's (LTM) 2008/2009 Pantomime. Titled Runner Boy the show opened at its second home, The Little Theatre on Tom Redcam Avenue. It was a full house. The authence, including groups ...
CLASH WITH NO 'DASH' AT STING 25
Jan 08, 2009; ... THE HIGHLY anticipated clash between Vybz Kartei and Mavado, which the crowd declared overwhelmingly that Mavado won when canvassed by Ninja Man, closed Sting 25 on a high at nearly 7 a.m. on Saturday, December 27. Billed as 'final frontier' and 'the settlement of all argument', Sting ...
Live Well with Eulalee Thompson
Jan 08, 2009; ... SHE USUALLY saunters into The Gleaner's Editorial Department, hair neat and Jackie O-type shades in place. This, after climbing four flights of stairs; no easy elevator ride for our multi-award-winning health editor. She practises what she preaches. She is precise in her actions and ...
WICB to underwrite 2009 first-class season
Jan 08, 2009; ... ST JOHN'S, Antigua, CMC THE WEST Indies Cricket Board (WICB) had confirmed on Sunday, December 28, it will shoulder funding of the forthcoming regional first-class competition after no agreement was reached with sponsors Carib Brewery for the 2009 season. The WICB stated in a ...
Kiwis punish wayward WI
Jan 08, 2009; ... HAMILTON, New Zealand (CMC): PROPELLED BY robust halfcenturies from Jesse Ryder and Brendon McCullum, New Zealand comfortably beat an erratic West Indies by 36 runs in the second Twenty 20 International Sunday, December 28, and draw their two-match series 1-1. Ryder smashed 62 ...
Breese steps down from JCA
Jan 08, 2009; ... BRIAN BREESE, Jamaica Cricket Association's (JCA) cricket operation officer (COO), has handed in his resignation. He is expected, however, to remain in the post for another three months. Breese, who started out with the JCA as chief executive officer (CEO) in 2001, said he is no ...