'Get foreign tutors' - Jamaica Employers' Federation head: Recruits would boost standards
Bemoaning sub-par performances by high school graduates, one private sector leader is calling for more foreign teachers to be recruited to address the crisis. Jacqueline Coke-Lloyd, executive director of the Jamaica Employers' Federation, says mediocre students...
Surprised People's National Party (PNP) not farther ahead - Robertson
DR. PAUL Robertson, the campaign director for the governing People's National Party (PNP), has said that he is surprised that his party is not farther ahead in the polls. Robertson spoke with The Gleaner yesterday in Portmore where the PNP, with Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller....
Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) might pip leaders on line
With 36 days to go before the general election on August 27, the Opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) is looking to close the gap between itself and the governing People's National Party (PNP). The latest Gleaner-commissioned Bill Johnson poll, conducted on July 14 and 15...
AIDS alarm - Three million die daily
SYDNEY, Australia: The world has failed miserably to effectively treat and prevent HIV infections, president of the International AIDS Society (IAS), Dr.Pedro Cahn, told delegates and scientists attending an international conference on HIV and AIDS in Australia yesterday.
Prime Minister's bodyguard held with stolen motor car
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is expected to issue a formal statement today regarding a policeman, a member of Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller's security team, who was held in possession of a stolen vehicle in St.
District constables shoot down corps plans
THE GOVERNMENT'S plans to establish a new civilian organisation for community policing has not gone down well with members of the United District Constables Association (UDCA).Speaking at an inaugural UDCA awards ceremony at the Jamaica Pegasus last Friday...
Golding in cops' corner
SPANISH TOWN: Leader of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), Bruce Golding, has chided the Government for what he claimed is its poor administration of the country's security. Golding, who was addressing supporters in Bog Walk, St. Catherine, on Saturday night...
Samuda urges forgiveness
Jamaica Labour Party General Secretary Karl Samuda is urging Jamaicans to forgive each other in the wake of escalating political violence in the country ahead of the August 27 polls. He said that an election victory would be meaningless if the process was marred by violence....
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