Yardee! Gleaner News Blog

Thanks to Jamaica’s awe-inspiring performance at the Beijing Olympics in China last month, the nation’s wheelchair athletes enter the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games with a dash of stardom and a bit of pressure to keep the gold medals coming….

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The Management of Air Jamaica is livid over the Government’s decision to give American Airlines (AA) a US.5- million (J4 million) guarantee to encourage flights to the island. But Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett says there is nothing wrong with the decision…

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Residents in the hills of Spring Bank, St Thomas, were yesterday still marooned after rains from Tropical Storm Gustav caused a landslide to destroy part of the road. On arrival in Port Morant in the parish Wednesday, vehicles had to brave a series of broken roads…

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An estimated 188 families displaced by Tropical Storm Gustav can expect to receive relief over the course of the weekend, following the arrival of aid supplies from several organisations. Yesterday morning, the first batch of commodities from the United States government…

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A SENIOR parliamentarian has called for clarification on a critical provision in the Government’s proposed anti-corruption law. The legislation sets out sanctions against foreign public officials who contravene the Corruption Prevention (Special Prosecutor) Act 2008…

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Education Minister Andrew Holness is today expected to make a statement on the circumstances surrounding the delay in some students getting their Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations (CAPE) and Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC)…

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WESTERN BUREAU: Gunmen went on a rampage in the impoverished Fuller community in Granville, St James, yesterday morning, killing one man, injuring a little girl and setting two houses on fire.The dead man has been identified as 29-year-old security guard…

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WESTERN BUREAU: As The Turks and Caiços Islands braced for a Category Four hurricane, Jamaicans living there were expected to be airlifted here last night by Air Jamaica and Air Turks and Caicos. Jamaicans were urged to get on the next flight out before the dangerous…

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Issues close to men’s hearts will be discussed on Saturday, September 27, when The Gleaner, in partnership with various churches and members of the private sector, convenes a men’s conference at Emmanuel Apostolic Church on Slipe Road…

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Schools in St Thomas reopened yesterday, though principals are still facing challenges as attendance levels were low, due to sections of the parish still being without water and electricity since the storm’s passage last Thursday. Now that access between Kingston …

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