Felice asks 'good cops' to be brave - Says rogues in the JCF threaten the decent into silence
As pressure mounts on rogue cops, 36 of whom have been nabbed since the start of the year in the drive to weed corruption out of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), head of the Anti-Corruption Unit, ACP Justine Felice, is charging that many wayward policemen....
Code red at KPH - Staff, equipment shortage threatens patients' lives
A reported shortage of staff and equipment is hampering operations at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) and could be putting the lives of some patients at risk. However, chairman of the South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA), Lyttleton Shirley, is downplaying...
Musicians pay tribute to Sonny
Family, friends and colleagues turned out at the Gants Hill Methodist Church in Essex, England, on Tuesday to pay tribute to bandleader Sonny Bradshaw, who died October 10 in London.Milton Moore, president of the England chapter of the Alpha Old Boys' Association...
Alpha old boys say goodbye
THE UNITED Kingdom chapter of the Alpha Old Boys' Association also paid tribute to the late Sonny Bradshaw.In an email to The Gleaner, the former Alpha Boys said they saw Sonny as a "teacher and mentor, as well as a brother".According to the tribute...
Rural Jamaica neglected - PM
Western Bureau: Prime Minster Bruce Golding conceded to the notion that rural communities, especially in Jamaica, have suffered economically as a result of an imbalance in development between rural and urban sectors."...
Young people wrap it up, veterans more carefree in bed, says report
WHILE PERSONS in the 40-49 age group are increasingly practising unprotected sex, young people in the 15-19 age group seem to be using some form of contraception, according to the 2008 Reproductive Health Survey done by the National Family Planning ...
The forgotten guards - Golding lauds Department of Corrections for unheralded work
Prime Minister Bruce Golding has lauded employees of the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) for doing a good job of guarding the incarcerated. Golding, who was speaking at the DCS annual awards dinner on Tuesday night...
Charles stands firm - Practical nurses accuse minister of trying to humiliate them
The Practical Nurses' Association has shown discontent over a statement made by Labour Minister Pearnel Charles in response to a protest by the group over what it claimed was the unreasonable selection of workers for employment in Canada...
Lyns' trial - Forced to order ransom- Accused
Instructions were given for a demand to be made for a ransom of $7 million for the safe return of elderly Manchester couple, Richard and Julia Lyn, although they were already dead. One of the two men on trial for the double murder ...
Drug firm says on track to deliver US vaccine order
Swiss drugmaker Novartis AG said Thursday it was on track to meet its United States (US) government order for swine flu vaccine, seeking to calm fears in recent weeks that shipments and vaccination programmes may be ...
Turkey reports second fatality
Turkey's Health Ministry has reported the second swine flu death in the country.The ministry says a 34-year-old female swine flue patient died Thursday ...
Mass clinics in Arkansas
Mass clinics for seasonal and swine flu vaccines are scheduled this week in every county in Arkansas.The Arkansas Department of Health says supplies of the swine flu vaccine are very limited.
China to lift ban on US pork
Chinese officials have agreed to lift the ban on United States (US) pork imports they imposed last spring out of fear of swine flu.The announcement, made on Thursday, is a major boost to the beleaguered US pork industry, which had...
Zimbabwe deports UN investigator to South Africa
Zimbabwean immigration officials barred the United Nations' torture investigator from entering their country and returned him to South Africa Thursday, an act he termed a "serious diplomatic incident" that reflects a split in the...
Immigrants claim raid was retaliation for identification cards
Ten New Haven residents filed a lawsuit Wednesday accusing federal agents of violating their rights with an immigration raid they contend was in retaliation for a new ID programme.The sweeps in New Haven on June 6, 2007, came...
San Francisco mayor vetoes new city sanctuary law
San Francisco's Board of Supervisors and Mayor Gavin Newsom, are facing a showdown over how the city deals with illegal immigrant minors arrested on felony charges.Newsom has vetoed a measure that supervisors passed Tuesday that would...
Jamaica doing well against H1N1, says Spencer
Jamaica has been praised internationally for its manage-ment of the Influenza A (H1N1) outbreak, according to Rudyard Spencer, minister of health. Spencer's revelation came at the 63rd annual educational conference of the Association of Public Health...
Quickies
The Bob Marley Museum at 56 Hope Road comes alive on Monday, November 2, when the 79th anniversary of the Coronation of Haile Selassie I will be commemorated with a cultural charity concert in aid of the Haile Selassie High...