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
THE YEAR was 1988 when the United States (US) Drug Enforcement Authority (DEA) named Vivian Blake and Lester Lloyd 'Jim Brown' Coke in an unsealed indictment. The charges were drug trafficking, racketeering, murder, illegal trade and purchase of weapons, bribery, among other crimes.
Swine flu hits UWI - Three cases confirmed; health ministry takes control
INFLUENZA A (H1N1) (formerly swine flu) fear swirled through the air at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, campus yesterday after three students were confirmed to have been infected with the virus.
Coard freed - Former Grenadian deputy PM to make Jamaica home base
Bernard Coard, the former deputy prime minister of the short-lived People's Revolutionary Government (PRG) in Grenada, who was imprisoned for 26 years for the murder of Prime Minister Maurice Bishop in 1983, intends to join his wife in Jamaica.
Hike in suicide attempts - More Jamaicans are committing suicide
WITH THE the economic crisis a virtual noose around the necks of many Jamaicans, some persons are seeing suicide as the only way out and have, in fact, tried to end their lives.
Highway 2000 toll increase takes effect
THE TOLL Authority of Jamaica has followed through with its proposal to increase toll rates for the use of Highway 2000. The new rates, which took effect at midnight, Saturday, caught many motorists by surprise...
NHF could collapse - Cash problems loom, says CEO
THE MANAGEMENT of the National Health Fund (NHF) is issuing warning signs about the sustainability of the programme. Hugh Lawson, chief executive officer of the NHF, has cautioned that without additional funding the programme could collapse within the next few years.
More dismissals at First Global
THREE MORE senior employees have been dismissed from the Grace-Kennedy-owned First Global Bank as the bank continues its investigations into trading irregularities there.
Plumb, chubby and unhealthy
THE misconception among many Jamaican mothers that babies must be plump and chubby in order to be healthy is one of the main contributors to childhood obesity here, nutritionists argue.
Rise in adolescent chronic diseases - NHF study reveals obesity as main cause
HEALTH OFFICIALS are concerned over the signifi-cant rise in the cases of chronic diseases among children and adolescents under the age of 18 years old. The problem is being blamed on the fact that an increasing number of Jamaican children are becoming overweight and obese due to poor lifestyle habits...