June 2009
Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) hits back - Golding moves to oust MPs over dual citizenship
Published: Saturday | May 30, 2009
Jamaica Gleaner Daraine Luton, Staff Reporter
THE GOVERNING Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) is moving to have Opposition Member of Parliament (MP) Sharon Hay-Webster and other members of the People's National Party (PNP) disqualified from sitting in the House of Representatives.
Mair enjoys large crowd on Nomination Day
Published: Saturday | May 30, 2009
Jamaica Gleaner Daraine Luton, Staff Reporter daraine.luton@gleanerjm.com
The flow of traffic was reduced to a crawl in the St Catherine valley of Riversdale as thousands of persons converged in the community to witness Nomination Day activities ahead of the June 16 by-election in the north east of the parish.
The narrow and winding rural roads could barely accommodate the flood of Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) supporters, most of whom travelled through the communities in buses, cars and sports utility vehicles.
New wheels for disabled policeman
Published: Saturday | May 30, 2009
Jamaica Gleaner
A policeman who was shot and subsequently lost his ability to walk is now sitting pretty in a motorised wheelchair.
Prime Minister Bruce Golding on Thursday presented the chair to Sergeant Cecil Smythe during a ceremony at the City Centre Police in downtown Kingston.
The policeman was left physically challenged some 22 years ago after being accidentally shot by a colleague while on duty.
Squatters slowing rehabilitation of fishing beaches
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Jamaica Observer
Government has another two years under its three-year thrust to rehabilitate 30 fishing beaches to get rid of persons who are squatting on the majority of those properties.
Addressing a sitting of the Public Administration and Appropriations Committee of Parliament in Kingston this week, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Donovan Stanberry said a survey last year showed that a number of the 30 beaches which the Government had allocated $100 million to rehabilitate had land tenure issues.
Nelson says sorry
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Jamaica Observer
SECURITY Minister Senator Dwight Nelson has withdrawn the controversial statement he made at Wednesday's Jamaica Police Federation conference, after coming under fire from rights groups, the parliamentary Opposition and a number of Jamaicans.
Nelson, in his address at the conference, said that in the war against crime there would be 'collateral damage' and that the police should not have to pay in those circumstances.
PM delivers harsh realities of bauxite at town hall meeting
BY Garfield Myers Editor-at-Large South/Central Bureau myersg@jamaicaobserver.com
Friday, May 22, 2009
Mandeville, Manchester - Scores of people who turned up for the Government's town hall meeting on Tuesday night were left with no illusions after hearing Prime Minister Bruce Golding explain the uncertainties ahead for bauxite mining which for decades has been a cornerstone of the Jamaican economy.
Hundreds Attend Consultation on Crime in the West
MONTEGO BAY (JIS):
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Hundreds of residents from western Jamaica participated in the Ministry of National Security's first National Consultation on Crime, held at the Montego Bay Civic Centre, in St. James, on May 28, under the theme: 'Together we can stop it'.
FLU UNDER CONTROL - Health officials treat H1N1 cases
Published: Sunday | May 31, 2009
Jamaica Gleaner Lovelette Brooks and Gareth Manning, Sunday Gleaner Writers
THE VIGILANCE of local health officials has resulted in the detection and treatment of two cases of the H1N1 influenza virus - commonly called swine flu, health officials disclosed yesterday.
"Laboratory reports have confirmed two cases of the H1N1 influenza virus," Health Minister Rudyard Spencer told The Sunday Gleaner in a short telephone interview as health officials held an emergency meeting at the Ministry of Health in downtown Kingston.
Claro to meet with telecoms minister - Provider to clear the air concerning cellular towers
Published: Sunday | May 31, 2009
Jamaica Gleaner Arthur Hall, Senior Gleaner Reporter
MINISTER WITH responsibility for telecommunications, Daryl Vaz, is this week to summon the management of cellular provider Claro for talks concerning the setting up of its transmission towers.
Claro has been the butt of criticisms from several local-government bodies over its alleged failure to seek approval before setting up towers in some areas.
Stern braces for court action
Published: Sunday | May 31, 2009
Jamaica Gleaner Daraine Luton, Staff Reporter
NORTH WEST Clarendon could head to the poll as early as August to vote in a by-election for the constituency, government sources have said.
Michael Stern, the sitting member of parliament, is bracing for disqualification in the court as a result of having sworn allegiance to the United States of America - a foreign power.
Under the Constitution, persons who have sworn allegiance to a foreign power on their own act are disqualified from sitting as a parliamentarian.
New initiatives to boost farmers' competitiveness, says Tufton
BY INGRID BROWN Sunday Observer senior staff reporter browni@jamaicaobserver.com
Sunday, May 31, 2009
ST Elizabeth South West Member of Parliament Christopher Tufton said a number of new initiatives to be implemented will position farmers to increase productivity and better compete with imported produce.
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