Banana farmer does it again... Continues to give freely to St Mary schools
Eighty-seven-year-old Stanley Amritt greatly believes in his community and has been demonstrating this through major financial and property donations within his home parish of St Mary. "He is a very, very community-spirited person, he believes...
Public defender bats for Armadale girls... says their current situation is not helpful
High concrete walls, high perimeter fences with barbed wire, heavy metal doors to reduce prison escapes. The doors are made of steel bars that allow light and air to pass through, but due to the number of prisoners incarcerated in the institutions at any one time...
Cabinetmaker turns calamity into opportunity - Community benefits from his lessons
Trevor Palmer had a thriving farm in the Toms Hope community in Portland, and when it was destroyed by Hurricane Ivan, he was back on his feet quickly. He planted an acre of banana trees with hopes of importing, but when Tropical Storm Gustav struck last year...
KSAC and San Andres join hands
THE KINGSTON and St Andrew Corporation (KSAC) recently signed a sister-to-sister agreement with the South American island of San Andres. Mayor of Kingston, Desmond McKenzie, visited the Colombian department recently and held talks with administrators...
Feedback - Roving with Lalah
The following are feeback letters to our very popular feature, Roving with Lalah, written by Robert Lalah and appears in The Gleaner every Tuesday....
Picnicking in Castleton
When was the last time you went on a picnic? Can't remember? Well, what's stopping you?
For all the complaints about rising costs of entertainment in Jamaica today, it's a wonder the solution could have been ignored so long, even though it has been right under our noses....
Portland gets state-of-the-art courthouse
Chief Justice Zaila McCalla is cautioning residents and the police not to allow the recent increase in crime and violence affecting other parishes to take root in Portland. The chief justice was speaking at the opening...
August Town peace treaty still holding
She has been an emotional wreck since her brother, Errol Brown, was killed by gunmen. Brown's slaying came days before a peace treaty was signed between rival factions, closing another chapter in the volatile community of August Town...
Wynlee cleans up Excelsior
Yesterday, Wynlee Distributors presented Excelsior High School with $250,000 worth of equipment to maintain the campus grounds as part of an outreach programme. For the last month, the company had been installing directional signs on the buildings, and...
JUTC takes aim at corruption
Director of communications in the Ministry of Transport and Works, Reginald Allen, says plans to implement a new strategy to rid the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) of corruption were being put in place. Allen said over the years the problem of corruption ...
Importer defends foreign patties
The head of the United States firm that manufactures the patties imported to the island has reacted with disappointment to news that the Jamaica Manufacturers' Association (JMA) is angry that the product is available on local supermarket shelves...
World Wise director faces default judgment
A default judgment has been entered against Noel Strachan, owner and director of investment club World Wise Partners Ltd, for US$500,000 allegedly owed to an investor.A defence was not filed in response to the suit, which was filed in the Supreme Court...
ISCF appeals for promised increase
An adjournment was granted yesterday in the case brought by members of the Island Special Constabulary Force (ISCF) seeking court orders to compel the government to honour an agreement for salary increase. The agreement was made last October...
Divestment still on stream despite injunction
Government is insisting that a court injunction barring the sale of the Hampden Estates Limited - a core part of the Trelawny Sugar Company being divested by the state - will not affect a sale agreement it has reached with local enterprise Everglade...