Jamaica Gleaner Lead Stories
Published: Monday Thursday | November 19, 2009
BOLT - Man of the year - Lightning strikes twice
Lightning seems to strike twice in many ways for Usain Bolt. Breaking the 100m world record at a major championship, the Olympics in Beijing, China, in 2008, and doing the same a year later in 2009 at the World Championships in Berlin, Germany. Check... Read More...
Braeton haunts - Premises notorious for being the site of a controversial police shooting remains unused
One THOUSAND and eighty-eight Fifth Seal Way in Braeton, St Catherine, will forever be etched in the minds of Jamaicans the length and breadth of the country. It is the place where, on March 14, 2001, seven Jamaicans were shot and killed.... Read More...
More policing help - Hallihan - New Canadian high commissioner says his country is willing to assist
CANADIAN HIGH Commissioner Stephen Hallihan says his country is willing to do more to assist Jamaica in improving national security management. Canada has already assisted Jamaica in the introduction and application of polygraph techniques, as well as in financing... Read More...
Another downgrade hits Jamaica
Claiming Jamaica appears close to defaulting on its debts, ratings agency Moody's Investors has downgraded the country's local and foreign currency bonds from B2 to Caa1 with a negative outlook. Yesterday, Moody's said delays in reaching an agreement... Read More...
Judge's illness forces 'Bungles'to wait
Superintendent Harry 'Bungles' Daley will have to wait another month to know his fate in the corruption case being brought against him in the Corporate Area Criminal Court. Resident Magistrate Judith Pusey yesterday delayed handing down her verdict... Read More...
Citi raises salaries for CFO, global markets head
Citigroup Inc said its chief financial officer and co-head of global markets are getting raises, while CEO Vikram Pandit will continue to collect a salary of US$1 per year. Citigroup, based in New York, faces restrictions on executive compensation... Read More...
Christie blames politicians for view of corruption
The Office of the Contractor General (OCG) is pointing the finger at Jamaica's Cabinet and Parliament for Jamaica's consistent decline in Transparency International's annual Corruption Perceptions Index over the last three years. "It is the OCG's... Read More...
