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Farewell, Daisy Orane

21.05.2008 12:18    jamaica-gleaner.com
The late Daisy Orane was yesterday hailed as a supportive and caring mother who allowed her children to become who they wanted to be. The mother of GraceKennedy's chief executive officer, Douglas Orane, passed away on May 12. She was


Crackdown on illegal DVDs

21.05.2008 12:18    jamaica-gleaner.com
Superintendent Fitz Bailey, head of the Organised Crime Investigation Division (OCID) of the Jamaica Constabulary Force, yesterday confirmed the arrest of 12 persons who were selling illegal copies of DVDs in the Half-Way Tree, St Andrew, area during a raid...

Vaz remains in House until appeal is heard

21.05.2008 12:18    jamaica-gleaner.com
Member of Parliament for West Portland Daryl Vaz is to remain in Parliament until the Court of Appeal makes a determination in the dual citizenship case between him and Abe Dabdoub. A by-election will not be held in the constituency

Experts sorting out $1.8m in seized weapons, ammo

21.05.2008 12:18    jamaica-gleaner.com
Government forensic experts have begun processing the cache of 13 illegal guns seized yesterday morning in Kingston. The weapons and more than 300 assorted rounds of ammunition, with an estimated street value of $1.8 million, are suspected of being part


Golding talks about policing, gays on BBC

21.05.2008 07:28    jamaica-gleaner.com
IN a BBC Hardtalk interview broadcast yesterday on BBC World News and the BBC News Channel, Stephen Sackur spoke with Prime Minister Bruce Golding. Jamaica was recently described as the world's most murderous country. The following are excerpts from the

Diaspora astir after Golding's interview

21.05.2008 07:28    jamaica-gleaner.com
Jamaicans living overseas have expressed mixed views about Prime Minister Bruce Golding's controversial pronouncements during the BBC programme Hardtalk, on Thursday night. During the programme, Golding sought to give the assurance that adequate measures were now...

'Senior school' coming

21.05.2008 07:28    jamaica-gleaner.com
Education Minister Andrew Holness is to take a draft policy on compulsory education to Cabinet shortly, paving the way for all Jamaicans to be attached to an approved educational institution up to age 18 years old. Speaking during his contribution

'What Jamaica wants' - Church, gays divided on PM's BBC interview

21.05.2008 07:28    jamaica-gleaner.com
Prime Minister Bruce Golding's firm stance against homosexuality in Jamaica on an international talk show has drawn both support and sharp criticism from within the nation and the diaspora. Yesterday, president of the Jamaican Diaspora Foundation in Canada...

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