Crisis at Jubilee - Doctor says conditions past rotten
Dr. Douglas McDonald, medical doctor at Victoria Jubilee Hospital (VJH), Kingston, yesterday painted a grim picture of the conditions at the facility, claiming that the situation has passed being bad and is now "smelling."
Gleaner team receives PAHO health award
The Gleaner's team of health writers Eulalee Thompson, Rosalee Brown, Suzanne Soares-Wynter, Wendel Abel, Trudy Simpson and Kenneth Gardner, has won the prestigious Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) Sagicor Award in the field of health journalism.
Tank-Weld developing $1.2b port in Rio Bueno... Cement bagging facility included
Tank-Weld, a private construction group of companies owned by the Bicknell family, will be developing a bulk cement and bagging facility at Rio Bueno in Trelawny, under a $1.2 billion-plan to build out the pier in the sleepy north coast township...
Brown seeks improvement
JAMAICA PLAYED a game of two contrasting halves on Wednesday night. The first was full of verve and in the second they turned in a tepid performance on their way to a 4-0 whipping of St. Lucia in their Group D Digicel Caribbean Cup opening match...
EDITORIAL - Ominous clouds
Two days ago in our editorial column, we urged the leaders of our political parties to set the right tone among their supporters in their electioneering, and to give clear and unequivocal support to the work of the Peace Management Initiative...
Iyata goes for the unusual
Creativity comes in all forms, but for one struggling designer her creativity is not enough. Patricia 'Empress Iyata' Edwards has been in the business since 1999 and still has not seen the fruits of her labour materialise.
It was all about the Chinese
Chinese Ambassador to Jamaica, Zhao Zhenyu, and wife, Wang Xiaoju, hosted a reception to commemorate the 57th National Day of the People's Republic of China. They also used the occasion to say farewell as their tour of duty is coming to an end.
