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Truck driver has prison sentence set aside

01.07.2008 13:39    jamaica-gleaner.com
A truck driver who was convicted and sentenced to six years' imprisonment at hard labour, after he was convicted of four counts of manslaughter, has been successful in having the prison sentence set aside. Lloyd Brown, 58, of Black River,


National PTA welcomes GSAT review

01.07.2008 13:39    jamaica-gleaner.com
The National Parent Teachers' Association of Jamaica (NPTAJ) has welcomed Government's decision to conduct a technical review of the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT), with particular focus to be given to the marking scale...

Robbed blind - Gunmen break in on 39 overseas missionaries at Salvation Army school

01.07.2008 13:38    jamaica-gleaner.com
The St Andrew facilities of the Salvation Army School for the Blind and Visually Handicapped were turned upside down early yesterday morning when three masked gunmen entered the compound, robbing 39 members of an overseas missionary team of cash, cellphones

Blue Cross, Sagicor to battle for Gov't health contract

01.07.2008 13:38    jamaica-gleaner.com
BLUE CROSS of Jamaica Limited and Sagicor, formerly Life of Jamaica (LOJ), will again do battle as they bid for the more than $2 billion Government Employee Administrative Services Only (GEASO) health scheme contract that has been put to tender

New head for Adventist relief agency

01.07.2008 13:38    jamaica-gleaner.com
The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) has a new director. He is Pastor Wenford Henry who will assume the position today. His election took place at the mid-year meeting of the executive committee of the West Indies Union Conference

Malaria is under control, says health ministry

01.07.2008 13:37    jamaica-gleaner.com
The Ministry of Health and Environment says it has malaria under control, but has urged residents, especially in the New Haven, St Andrew area, to continue to protect themselves from mosquito bites.Dr Eva Lewis-Fuller, chair-person of the Malaria...

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