http://jamaica-gleaner.com/ The oldest and leading newspaper in Jamaica editor@gleanerjm.com (Garfield Grandison) roland.booth@gleanerjm.com (Roland Booth) en-us Wed, 4 Mar 2015 00:00:00 EST 60 Wed, 4 Mar 2015 00:00:00 EST Newspapers Jamaica was thrust into despair once again yesterday as the barbarism of some of its people was emphasised when another child became part of the chilling murder statistics. http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20150304/lead/lead1.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20150304/lead/lead1.html The children I see in Jamaica today are passionate, strong, lively, enthusiastic, humorous and continually striving for success but under what difficult conditions and how many obstacles must they overcome? http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20150304/lead/lead2.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20150304/lead/lead2.html Staff and students at Donald Quarrie High School in Kingston were locked in a classroom, overcome with grief, as they tried to come to terms with the passing of 14-year-old Kayalicia Simpson, who was hacked to death at her home in Newlands, St Thomas, yesterday. http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20150304/lead/lead3.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20150304/lead/lead3.html THE PARTIES involved in the ongoing dispute over two Senate seats are urging the Court of Appeal to give a speedy hearing in the appeal brought by Opposition Leader Andrew Holness so as to bring finality to the matter. http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20150304/lead/lead4.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20150304/lead/lead4.html The Students' Loan Bureau (SLB) has put in place a new policy which will see students being denied loans if their grades are low and if the demand for loans is greater than the amount available for on-lending. http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20150304/lead/lead5.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20150304/lead/lead5.html Dr Dayton Campbell, member of parliament (MP) for North West St Ann, has submitted his licensed firearm for testing by police investigators. http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20150304/lead/lead6.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20150304/lead/lead6.html A guarded Finance Minister, Dr Peter Phillips, yesterday disclosed that Jamaica is giving consideration to buying back its PetroCaribe debt, which now stands about US$3 billion. http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20150304/lead/lead7.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20150304/lead/lead7.html News that the authorities have issued a stop order on the mining of aggregate by China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) at a quarry in Treadways, St Catherine, is being welcomed by residents of surrounding communities who say they are the main victims of this operation. http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20150304/lead/lead8.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20150304/lead/lead8.html Detectives from the Hunts Bay Police Station have charged a man for the July 29, 2013 murder of Roman Catholic priest, Father Charles Brown. http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20150304/lead/lead9.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20150304/lead/lead9.html