Jamaica Gleaner Lead Stories
Published: Monday Sunday | December 28, 2008
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
FINANCE MINISTER Audley Shaw is predicting that 2009 will be "one of the most challenging in the history of modern Jamaica". Responding to The Sunday Gleaner as to his expectation for the year ahead, Shaw said the deteriorating world economic climate would adversely affect the country.
Chin-Mook says up to 30% job cut expected in 2009
PRESIDENT OF the Small Business Association of Jamaica (SBAJ), Edward Chin-Mook is predicting that up to one third of jobs could go in the new year as the country continues to face tremendous pressure from the global economic slowdown.
Court round up 2008 - Some resolved, many reserved
DESPITE THE huge backlog of cases, the courts disposed of many interesting cases during the year and judgements have been reserved in some cases for which the public is anxiously awaiting the results.
Power brokers guarded in optimism for 2009
WHILE 2008 was one of the most challenging years in recent history, local power brokers, policymakers and programme managers are expressing optimism about the new year, although with some reservations.
Gleaner Editors' Forum - Community colleges in financial bind
EDUCATION IS now among the sectors taking a beating from the global financial crisis. Heads of community colleges told The Sunday Gleaner during a recent Editors' Forum at The Gleaner's central Kingston office that many students have been finding it difficult to pay fees since the start of the financial meltdown in the United States earlier this year.
Shot-in-the-arm for prisons - Rehabilitation programmes to get much-needed boost
BIG PLANS are afoot to improve rehabilitation programmes in the island's correctional facilities. Acting Commissioner of Corrections June Jarrett says millions of pounds provided by the United Kingdom (UK) Department for International Aid will boost a number of projects in the upcoming year.
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