Editors' forum - Call for haste in sugar divestment
Shadow finance Minister, Audley Shaw, on Wednesday called for the Portia Simpson Miller-led administration to set up an "emergency enterprise divestment team" to advance the divestment of former state-owned sugar factories...
... JLP plans to target IDB for education Transformation money
The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), if it forms the next government, will be seeking funds from multilateral lending agencies to assist in financing the country's Education Transformation programme.
Top-heavy! - Int'l consultants say Ministry of Health's head office has too many senior positions
Despite having its head office diagnosed as 'top-heavy' by international consultants more than two years ago, and committing itself even before that to shave the size of its staff, the Ministry of Health has failed to make good on its reform...
No highway robbery, says NROCC
The National Road Operating and Constructing Company (NROCC) has acknowledged that the Office of the Contractor General is probing the Highway 2000 project, but insisted that allegations of impropriety are "most...
UWI students rewarded for exceptional performance in communications
Several students of the Uni-versity of the West Indies (UWI) were on Wednesday rewarded for their exceptional performance in the area of communications by Jamaica National Building Society (JN) and the Caribbean Institute of Media..
Hit-and-run driver kills student
Lacovia, St. Elizabeth: Students on the afternoon shift at the Santa Cruz Primary and Junior High School in St. Elizabeth are still in mourning following the death of a male student who was killed in a hit-and-run motor vehicle accident...
Staff, students seeking calm after murder
Members of staff and students of the Danny Williams School for the Deaf in Papine, St. Andrew, are still coming to grips with the tragedy that marred the school on Tuesday.
Prime Minister's Youth Award set for December 3
Thousands of Jamaicans are expected to converge at Emancipation Park, St. Andrew, on Sunday, December 3, for the Prime Minister's Youth Award ceremony and concert. The concert will feature some of the nation's...
Child Month Committee stages youth forum
Scores of students are expected to gather at the Stella Maris Resource Centre at 62 Shortwood Road today to participate in the annual youth forum organised by the National Child Month Committee (NCMC).
Colonel Harris to be lauded by Moore Town Maroons
The maroon community of Moore Town in Portland will be hosting a special function on Sunday to honour former colonel, C.L.G. Harris, for his contribution to the development of the community and the parish.
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