PEOPLE TO WATCH IN 2009
IN A matter of days, 2008 will be history; as to what 2009 holds, no one knows for sure. What is certain, though, is that many persons of interest will find it difficult to escape the glare of the public's gaze. As the new year inches closer The Sunday Gleaner now mounts the telescope of public interest and focuses it on people to watch in 2009.
- Rough economic seas ahead
- Chin-Mook says up to 30% job cut expected in 2009
- Court round up 2008 - Some resolved, many reserved
- Power brokers guarded in optimism for 2009
- Gleaner Editors' Forum - Community colleges in financial bind
- Shot-in-the-arm for prisons - Rehabilitation programmes to get much-needed boost
- Happy Holidays
Raw deal for JLP government
WITH ONLY a four-seat majority in the House of Representatives, socio-economic and environmental conditions have dealt Prime Minister Bruce Golding what some commentators have described as "a bad hand."
- Rural schools also feel the crunch - Principals cry foul at 'urban bias'
- Journalists urged to educate themselves
- The Pringles of Scotland and Jamaica
- Who was John Hanson?
- Vendors look to cash in during US inauguration
- Americans admire Obama most, says poll
Mutual fund misfortune - Equity drained but bonds still hold promise
Mutual funds invested in the equities market have taken a beating with the downturn in stock markets around the world, say experts in the market.
- Personal Financial Advisor - The good and bad of hire purchase
- CVM closes down Hot 102 MoBay
- Cemex sells stake in TCL
- Hanna develops villas in Portland
- 'The market will settle'
- On the loose in Bookland
- The year ahead for the Caribbean
- Fundamentals overlooked in stabilisation plan
Harbour View aim to widen lead
HARBOUR VIEW will be seeking to extend their lead atop the Digicel Premier League when they tackle hosts Rivoli United in today's feature game at the Prison Oval starting at 4 p.m.
- Little Wasp stings rivals
- Duckie seeks help for U-20s
- Dawes eager to make inroads
- It was a pleasure to see WI beat back the opposition
- Reds hold the edge at halfway
- Man City feeling the heat
- Murali's spin rocks Bangladesh
- Skandia, Wild Oats set for tight finish
EDITORIAL - Uncertainty of sugar divestment
The agriculture minister, Dr Christopher Tufton, and the administration generally, would appreciate why we are not sanguine about the planned divestment of the state-owned sugar company to the Brazilian-based firm, Infinity Bio-Energy.
- Where do we go from here?
- Ken, Hartley, me and The Gleaner
- Swansongs and Auld Lang Syne
- Liberalise gun laws
Letter of the Day - Conquering Jamaica's escalating crime
The Editor, Sir: The crisis of crime in Jamaica has reached a level that is unbearable and frightening. The situation is so severe that committed and patriotic Jamaicans are contemplating their future existence. The threatening crimes have affected all sectors and classes of the society and this is a major hindrance to development...
Yolan Zanders steps out on her own
When one talks about movers and shakers in Jamaican entertainment, the name Yolan Zanders always comes up. Having made her name as the marketing manager of VP Records, Zanders is taking steps on her own as an entrepreneur, leaving VP and forming her own company.
- Crystal Patterson not short on confidence - CMS winner heads into regional finals
- Jamaica College Chapel Choir magnificent in performance
- Audley Davidson handles changes at KC
- Dickie Jobson is dead
Seya's quiet lyricism
ALTHOUGH WIDELY recognised as one of her generation's most important painters, Seya started out her creative life as a writer. As a young girl growing up in Allentown, Pennsylvania, in the 1930s, Seya was exposed to various cultures through the many immigrants that populated the city.
- SUNDAY SAUCE - Whatever happened to Miss Christmas?
- Literary arts - Underneath it all
- Literary arts - A tale of Christmas (Part 2)
10 new habits for the New Year!
If you find yourself becoming bored with the dreary routines that dog your home life, why not try to develop new habits which will put a whole new perspective on life? Making resolutions might sound like just another wearisome chore, so Outlook has come up with 10 exciting new activities.
- Angels among us - Caroline Miles calls Emerson James 'father'
- Single in the city - Why buy the cow when he can get the milk for free?
- Doctor's advice - Sex and the older husband
- Velma Elaine Thomas thanks Steadman Fuller
- Kent Gammon - Writing the Jamaican story
- Dear Jamaica - The Christ in Christmas
Where is the plan? Jamaica colonising itself
The Gleaner has underscored in recent editorials, and using 2007 as a point of reference, the preponderance of Jamaican University of the West Indies (UWI) graduates in the humanities and education (32 per cent ), social sciences (42 per cent), medicine (14 per cent), as well as in pure, applied and natural sciences (10 per cent).
- Christmas and life's meaning
- Middle class crisis in '09
- Other rivers to cross
- Obama: tapping the consensus stream
- Gomes, JFJ in spotlight
New kid on the block
It seems like every time you hear the words Spanish and hotel in the same sentence, you might start to wonder whether there's a new foreign investor coming. But not with this cubbyhole of comfort, almost completed on St Lucia Avenue in New Kingston.
Sweet success - Jamaica wins remote control championship
JAMAICA'S ANDREW Moss is still celebrating his success at the Regional Remote Control Championship, which concluded in Barbados recently. Moss won the Team's Title Race Championship, which saw Jamaica finishing ahead of Barbados, Guadeloupe, Trinidad and Tobago, and Martinique.
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