No jobs for slobs - Lack of education, skills, wrong attitude render youth unemployable
A significant number of the nation's 18-24-year-olds cannot find jobs, but at least one career expert says this is because many are unemployable. The latest Gleaner-commissioned Bill Johnson poll, done last month, found that 44 per cent of those in this age group....
State power stifling economy, says Ennis
Outgoing Member of Parliament for Portland Western, Errol Ennis, yesterday harshly criticised state agencies, which he said had too much power. Such agencies, he said, were stifling the country's economic growth and social development. The state agencies he fingered...
UK Jamaicans say Portia!
Jamaicans in the United Kingdom have thrown their support behind Portia Simpson Miller as their favoured candidate in the coming general election. This is according to the results of the first major poll among Jamaicans living in Britain and conducted in March by pollster Bill Johnson...
Councils want to keep Poor Relief
Pending legislation to remove responsibility for Poor Relief from the country's parish councils and other local authorities is not finding favour with some interest groups within these bodies. Ian Reid, chairman of the Local Government Managers Association...
Online? Shop Jamaican!
With consumers increasingly shopping online, one husband-and-wife team has caught on, supplying Jamaican products to a hungry overseas markets. Redpeppermall.com, run by 41-year-old Stephen Chin and his wife Debbie, 40, sells mainly food products, but also anything from souvenirs to books.
Man gets 10 years for Dwight Nelson's son's slaying
One of two men who pleaded guilty last month to manslaughter arising from the death of 30-year-old Julius Nelson, son of Jamaica Labour Party Senator, Dwight Nelson, has been sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment. He is Fabian Edmondson, 24, dog groomer,...
Political candidates, Ombudsman march for peace in Woodford Park
Representatives of the two major political parties walked the troubled Anderson Road and Hope Street in the South East St. Andrew community of Woodford Park yesterday, a day after a similar peace march had to be postponed. However, despite the presence of Maxine Henry-Wilson...
Teachers scoff at proposed additional school days
News of the proposed five additional days to the school year has not been received well by some teachers. "That's total rubbish, because after June, the children start to get restless," one teacher, Angela Haye-Riley, told The Gleaner yesterday....
Sandy Bay High won't be ready for September, ministry reveals
The Ministry of Education and Youth yesterday conceded that the proposed Sandy Bay High School to be located in Clarendon would not be ready in time for September. Thus, some 250 Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) students are to be reassigned...
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