Soldiers disarmed - JDF fêtes children from Mustard Seed Communities at Up Park Camp
Soldiers from the Jamaica Defence Force laid down their arms on the weekend to fête disabled and disadvantaged children from the Mustard Seed Communities. The lean, mean, fighting machines from the nation's army were easily disarmed by the loveable children.

Rush for fuel
Despite an apparent rush on some gas stations in the Corporate Area yesterday, Trevor Barnes, president of the Jamaica Gasolene Retailers Association, said he was surprised there was not a general crowding of facilities ahead of today's implementation of an $8.75-fuel tax...

'I did not come here expecting any magic' - Lewin speaks his mind about his first year as commish
After just over a year as Jamaica's 26th police commissioner, Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin recently sat for a talk with Gleaner Assistant News Editor Damion Mitchell. In this interview, Lewin tells of his frustration with the dilatory system to dismiss...

Swine-flu threat - Health officials to meet to formulate response
Health ministry officials are to meet this morning to decide if there is a need to increase coverage at the island's international airports in light of a new strain of swine flu identified in Mexico and the United States....

Black Tuesday! - Portia launches protest against tax package
Opposition Leader Portia Simpson Miller yesterday announced that the People's National Party (PNP) would be leading an islandwide protest against the Government's $18-billion tax package unveiled last Thursday. Simpson Miller urged Jamaicans to wear something blac...

Hackney operators promise no fare hike
President of the Jamaica Association of Hackney Carriage, Willard Costley, yesterday said commuters could rest assured that members of the association would not be seeking an increase in fares at this time, despite the the recent imposition of a tax on petrol...