POLICE Commissioner Dr Carl Williams says a fleet management system is soon to be implemented by the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) to manage the force’s vehicles.
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Police to implement vehicle management system
TWO senior members of the Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions (JCTU) have called for meetings between the confederation and the Government before any final decision is taken on pay increases for the public sector.
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Unions want further talks with Gov’t on wage issues
THE Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) on Wednesday approved a US$130-million loan to Jamaica which the bank says will be used to strengthen the island’s structural programme for economic growth.
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Ja granted US$130-m IDB loan for economic growth programme
ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SEVEN people will this year receive national honours and awards, many of whom are familiar faces who have served or are currently serving across various spheres of national life.
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Eight OJs among 167 national awardees
Snippets of the Independence Day ceremony held yesterday on the grounds of King’s House
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Independence Day ceremony
AS Jamaicans spent yesterday celebrating the island’s 53rd anniversary of Independence, the families of six firefighters prayed and kept their fingers crossed that they would survive serious injuries they sustained in two separate incidents yesterday and Monday.
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Firefighters injured in crash, cylinder explosion
AN ex-convict who reportedly scammed an elderly couple, who was his friend, out of $870,000 after convincing them that he was selling a three bedroom house, was Tuesday remanded when he appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court.
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Ex-convict accused of conning elderly couple
Today is the 219th day of 2015. There are 146 days left in the year.
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This Day in History – August 7
THE Press Association of Jamaica (PAJ) has extended condolences to the family and friends of the late Winston Sill, a PAJ member and honouree, and one of the Gleaner’s best-known photo journalists.
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PAJ hails the late Winston Sill
NATIONAL Water Commission (NWC) customers have welcomed a decision by the State-run entity not to introduce new restrictions in the face of a drought affecting the island.
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‘Additional water restrictions would be death’
A “feeling of confidence” and an “expression of fulfillment” were used to describe the experience of Althea McFarlane-Allen, who benefited from a one-week science, technology, engineering and mathematics scholarship at the Lloma Linda University in California, United States.
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Teachers benefit from science and technology scholarship
ONE of Jamaica’s leading hoteliers, Josef Forstmayr, has said that lotto scamming, which has painted the island in a negative light on the international stage, hasn’t affected the tourism product in Montego Bay, St James.
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Tourism, BPO sectors survive negative image cast by lotto scamming
THE Portmore Municipal Council’s Independence Day Flag-Raising and Civic Ceremony was subjected to a shameful display of partisan politics yesterday when some residents and councillors booed as Opposition Leader Andrew Holness’s Independence message was being read.
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Residents, councillors boo Opposition leader’s message
DT Williams rejoins Seattle after cancer surgery
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DT Williams rejoins Seattle after cancer surgery
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A man who gained fame singing Frank Sinatra on Second Avenue has been missing for more than a week, and his family is desperate to find him. Gary Russo, 54, was last seen at his Queens home located near 156th Avenue and 90th Street around 12:15 a.m. on July 28. As CBS2’s Jessica Schneider reported, the 54-year-old iron worker shot to YouTube fame in 2011 for crooning out Frank Sinatra and Bobby Darin classics at the Second Avenue subway project during his 30-minute lunch break. He was the foreman for the subway project. But now, his missing persons poster lines his Howard Beach street. His sister-in-law spotted him leaving their shared home last Tuesday at 1 a.m. “I texted him as soon as he left: ‘Gary, where are you going? Are you going to work early?’” said Leonora Russo. “But he never got back to me.” “It didn’t make any sense to me at all. I was really worried,” said Russo’s friend, Apryl Nebozenko. “This is not Gary, this is not Gary.” Friends spotted Russo’s car on Monday on 165th Avenue, not far from his house. It was locked, and the keys were gone. That was when police launched an all-out search, combing through a reedy field. “They called helicopters and then the next day, the mounted police; I think the park police came in,” Nebozenko said. Friends acknowledged that Russo had been feeling depressed after the death of a family friend, and they found evidence that he bought a plane ticket more than a month ago. But they could not figure out where the plane ticket was to, or when he was to fly. Russo’s old friends on Second Avenue, such as bar owner John Pavich, had a message for Russo. “Gary, come back,” said Russo, of the Bounce Sporting Club. “If you’d like, we’ll open the doors Tuesday night for you. You could sing all the ‘Summer Wind’ and all the Tony Bennett songs you’d like.” Police said Russo is 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighs 180 pounds. It is unclear what he was wearing when he disappeared.
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Construction Worker Known As ‘Second Avenue Sinatra’ Is Missing
