Spelling Bee Champions get Jamaica Gleaner scholarships
In a cheerful and light-hearted affair at the Gleaner Company's downtown Kingston headquarters yesterday, three outstanding Gleaner/Children's Own Spelling Bee participants were awarded with The Gleaner/Children's Own GSAT County Scholarship Awards.
Prime Minister of Jamaica drives home use of NHT funds to help poor
PRIME MINISTER Portia Simpson Miller has again stated her administration's intention to use money from the National Housing Trust (NHT) to fund projects in impoverished areas. Her latest statement on a move that has angered the Opposition Jamaica Labour..
Jamaica Broilers assists with tuition fees
In just over an hour yesterday morning, the Jamaica Broilers Group handed out cheques totalling $650,250.00 to 41 GSAT and tertiary students, to assist with their tuition fees and textbooks for the next school year, beginning September.
Parents urged to seek financial aid early for new term
The Ministry of Education and Youth is urging parents who are in need of financial assistance, to register their children early for the Government's cost-sharing programme, in order to avoid undue delays come September.
... Leaky building dampens plans to reopen high school
Come September the doors of Seaforth High School in St. Thomas may remain closed because of a building which leaks whenever it rains, according to principal of the institution, Hopeton Henry. This building houses several classrooms...
Cabbies take a stand
The suspected murder of a taxi operator in St. Andrew Monday evening has prompted at least one organisation representing cabbies to call a safety-first meeting. Edgeton Newman, president of the National Association of Taxi Operators (NATO), says...
Hurricane awareness programme launched
The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) has launched a hurricane awareness programme, targeting residents of Jamaica's most vulnerable parishes. Nadine Newsome, ODPEM's director of communications, said...
Education Minister rejects UTech's tuition proposal
Maxine Henry-Wilson, the Minister of Education and Youth, on Wednesday rejected a proposal from the University of Technology (UTech) students' union to increase the education subsidy, which would.
Tufton calls for debate on the state of Jamaica's fishing industry
JLP Senator Dr. Chris Tufton has tabled a motion in the Senate to debate the state of Jamaica's fishing industry with the intention of establishing a Joint Select Committee of Parliament...
Additional HIV funding hinges on Gov't commitment
Toronto, Canada: The Ministry of Health's ambitious goal of achieving universal access to treatment, prevention and care, will depend on how much more funding the Jamaican Government is willing to commit to the National HIV/AIDS programme.
Blacks bear brunt of AIDS even in developed countries
TORONTO (Reuters): HIV infections are rising in black men and women living in developed nations that have otherwise made strides against the disease, said participants at the 16th International AIDS Conference in Toronto.
Condoms as good for fashion as for function
TORONTO (Reuters): Condoms are very much in style as a fashion accessory at the International AIDS Conference in Toronto, showing up on strait-laced men, shy teenagers and African grandmothers.
Thieves target C&W cables, disrupt service
Cable and Wireless fixed- line and Internet customers islandwide have again been experiencing service problems due to increasing theft of the company's above-ground copper and fibre wires. In some parts of Kingston and St. Andrew, ADSL customers...
Munich, the Artists home away from home
A delightful city of one million three hundred thousand people at the foothills of the snow-covered Alpen Mountain Range lies Munich, the capital of Bavaria, the largest State in the Federal Republic of Germany...
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