Women return $1m - Cash found handed to Portmore police
Fate sought to tempt legal secretary Dhaima Brookes when she stumbled upon $1 million in an ATM in the Portmore Mall, St Catherine, yesterday. Undeterred by any possible temptation to walk away with the find, Brookes displayed an act of goodwill, which angered many...
- Former Kingston mayor dies at 88
- Group backs parliamentary committee's environmental plan
- Not the same without Ice
KPH jumper bedridden - but in good spirits
In late May, Wayne 'Selassie' Saunders, egged on by onlookers, jumped from a ledge at Kingston Public Hospital. On June 9, The Gleaner published my commentary on the incident.
In the lead paragraph I stated: "When I heard it on the midday news two Fridays ago, I was a bit shaken up....
- Reverend Miller calls for a national ceasefire in January
- Natural History Division gets new board members
- Former mayor of Black River missed
Great Christmas sales in Spaldings, Clarendon
Despite the current economic crunch being faced by many Jamaicans, it was brisk business for a number of business establishments on Christmas Eve into Christmas Day in the town of Spaldings in Clarendon. While some establishments and individual business personnel...
Fuller red-carded for 'boxing' captain
LONDON (AP): Stoke striker Ricardo Fuller was sent off yesterday for slapping his captain, Andy Griffin, after West Ham equalised on the way to a 2-1 win.As their Stoke teammates tried to restart the match after the goal, the pair became embroiled in a heated exchange ...
EDITORIAL - Rebranding downtown Kingston
Wayne Chen, the chairman of the Urban Development Corporation (UDC), responded to critics of the agency's plan to spend millions on fireworks at the Kingston waterfront to herald the new year as part of the effort of the UDC to rebrand the Jamaican capital, particularly...
LETTER OF THE DAY E-10 fuel concerns
The Editor, Sir: While I recognise the need to move away from fossil fuels to something that is more environmentally friendly and cost effective for the country as a whole, it is important that in our rush to 'go green' we do not accidentally or otherwise disenfranchise...
A bellyfull of laughs at Comedy Cook-up
There were tons of reasons to laugh at the Christmas Comedy Cook-up held at Backyaad, Constant Spring Road on Boxing Day. The jokes were on Jamaicans as the many comedians spoke about the idiosyncrasies of Jamaican and other Caribbean people...
BEST OF FLAIR
Two thousand and eight was another memorable year for Flair Magazine. We stayed ahead of the competition and had many, many firsts, among them the inaugural First Global Bank Vision Awards, from which folklorist Dr Olive Lewin emerged winner.
- The Best of Flair Cover Story - 4 times the challenge for Mother Keshia Hird
- Six ways to be beautiful
- KELLY'S WORLD - We beg too much
'Blagojevich out by February'
CHICAGO (AP): The lieutenant governor of Illinois said yesterday he was certain scandal-plagued Governor Rod Blagojevich will be out of office in less than two months.Lt Gov Pat Quinn, speaking from Chicago, said on CBS television's 'Face the Nation'...