Bitter end - Gov't considers alternatives to divestment of SCJ
GOVERNMENT WILL contemplate extending an invitation for new bids, among other alternatives, to divest itself of the loss-making Sugar Company of Jamaica (SCJ), after Infinity Bio-Energy, a Brazilian...
- Airone eyeing vacant routes - Airline urged to fill void left by Air Jamaica
- Medics reject proposed abortion policy
- News in brief
- King received eight fatal wounds - doctor
Normality restored at KPH, says management
THE MANAGEMENT of the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) has announced that things are back to normal at the nation's premier health facility.It reports that the spike in its admission rate recently has eased.A release issued yesterday on South East...
JN loans helping clients survive economic crisis
Jamaica National Small Business Loans Limited (JNSBL) continued its monthly training of its clients with simul-taneous workshops in Mandeville and Ocho Rios on Thursday.In Ocho Rios, about 60 BizGrow clients (those borrowing...
Barmy Army set to descend upon Kingston
With high expectations of a successful series, English fans are coming to the Caribbean in droves for the 2009 Digicel Home Series scheduled to bowl off at Sabina Park on Wednesday with the first West Indies, England Test.
- Positive start for Ja
- Burrell urges coaches to get accreditation
- Outstanding to outlast Mucho Gusto
- Tivoli looking to score heavily
- JDF, August Town set for big showdown
- Old foes at it again
- Huge foreign interest in Gibson Relays
- CCC's Reifer misses ton
- Leewards fall cheaply
- Nadal rises Down Under in five-hour semi
- Simmons lashes England for 282
- Performer of the week - 'Killer' leads stunning Ja recovery
- In your neighbourhood
Rethinking education
With a number of jobs cuts having already been announced and more to come in what is shaping up to be a gloomy year economically, yesterday's Gleaner story on the continuing high demand for some categories of workers is...
LETTER OF THE DAY - Educational challenges
The Editor, Sir: I can empathise quite easily with Morris McCarthy's views as expressed in his letter published January 26.I taught high school science for approximately 11 years in Jamaica, prior to emigrating to...
- Importance of reading
- Working to go back to work
- Tribute to Lucille Mathurin Mair
- Dancehall decadence
Legal battle over Jackson's 'Thriller' video
Broadway producer James L. Nederlander said he's hopeful a legal duel over Thriller rights can be resolved.
LET'S talk ... LIFE: Transforming behavioural disorder
Dear Counsellor: My 16-year-old son is giving problems at home and at school. He is disruptive, defiant and aggressive. He gets into fights, smokes ganja and stays out late at night and also is unable to read.
What will the Obamas
eat?
The world is in awe of the first black president of the United States of America, Barack Obama and his lovely wife, Michelle, and children Sasha and Malia. People are intrigued by every aspect of their lives and details mean a lot.
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