PNP still popular - Poll says party standings unchanged after 14 months
NEARLY TWO years after it snatched victory in a closely contested general election, the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) is trailing the opposition People's National Party (PNP) by six percentage points in popular standing, according to a Gleaner-commissioned Bill Johnson poll conducted last month.
- Fighting extradition - The Shower story
- Swine flu hits UWI - Three cases confirmed; health ministry takes control
- Coard freed - Former Grenadian deputy PM to make Jamaica home base
Buff Bay High prefects camp out for leadership
For students, summer camps are normally associated with loads of fun as memories of the previous school year fade and the one to come seems far away. However, the prefect body for the upcoming academic year at Buff Bay High School in Portland did not have a typical summer camp.
- Jamaica College takes wings - Introduces aviation course
- 43 suspected militants killed in Khyber
- Iraqi Arabs protest US plan for Kurdish patrols
Insurance against the uninsured - ICWI add-on protects against illegal vehicles
In the absence of an effective government response to what is believed to be the large and growing number of uninsured motor vehicles operating on Jamaica's roads, one insurance company is offering compliant drivers an insurance top-up for a fee of up to $4,000 more per year.
- Motor vehicle duty waivers and insured values
- UTech adds faculty of sports and science - Slated to run mega complex at Caymanas
- UWI endowment fund makes first awards
Tivoli test for 'Lions'
Tivoli Gardens host Humble Lions in a rank David versus Goliath kick-off to this season's Digicel Premier League (DPL), a competition that is always greeted with great anticipation at the beginning and oftentimes the end.
EDITORIAL - This is not Somalia, we hope
Prime Minister Bruce Golding and his attorney general, Senator Dorothy Lightbourne, must move with urgency to clear the air on the matter of the request by United States authorities for the extradition of Christopher 'Dudus' Coke.
LETTER OF THE DAY - The contradictions of the Christian capitalist
The Editor, Sir: MORE often than not, while refusing to admit the problem or deal with it in any realistic manner, the capitalist who calls himself or herself a Christian today faces a dilemma far more troublesome than any terrorist threat.
Timeless Jamaican gem - 'The Harder They Come' hits Miami
Protagonist Ivanhoe Martin, his granny grip (suitcase), transistor radio, gun-mouth pants and patent shoes brought Perry Henzell's The Harder They Come musical to life at the Adrienne Arsht Centre in Miami on Friday, August 28.
- Steely leaves indelible mark on dancehall
- Local entertainers scoff at retirement
- Trumpeter plays part on 'The Honourable Miss Lou' ... Years after doing radio plays with cultural icon
Now this is real 'stain' power!
As he reaches into a wooden cupboard inside his small workshop/kitchen, it's hard not to marvel at the man's dexterity. He's 83 after all, yet moves with the agility of an 18-year-old. He seems to just keep going (all day long), and exhibits signs that he's unaware of his own age.
- Book review: Delroy in the Marog Kingdom, a family fantasy tale
- SUNDAY SAUCE - Beauty for whom?
- Lorna Goodison appointed collegiate professor at University of Michigan
The Ramocan-Garvey union
The showers that threatened did not rain on the celebration of holy matrimony between Eliud George Ramocan and Kimberly Garvey at University of the West Indies Chapel, Mona, St Andrew, last Sunday.
Respec' due
IN ONE of my first speeches to a political audience over 20 years ago, I employed the then popular expression "respec' due" as a refrain to drive home the message that a Michael Manley-led PNP administration would give the Jamaican people the respect that was their due and that would lay the foundation for them to be successful in their own country.
Earl Daniel - Vehicle of change
EARL DANIEL is a globe trotter. He travels thousands of miles around the world as an agent of change. His unconventional method of influencing others is long-distance walks.