Jamaica Gleaner News
Published: Monday Thursday | February 5, 2009
The 'gote' head soup-selling Rasta
Now, who would have thought that the scary-looking straggler with the manicured eyebrows, whom I met walking into Coronation Market earlier this week, would not have been the most memorable character I would meet on that day?He was a sight to behold... Read More ...
Sir Vivian speaks his mind
His father thought he had eyes like a pigeon and had the talent shortly after the young Isaac Vivian Richards had followed in his dad's footsteps by taking up a bat when he was a mere lad. He was never one to short-change the game and he delighted fans ... Read More...
Salvation Army' skettles at slow boil
The global economic meltdown has dried up much of the lifeblood of major charities which depend on local and international donors to provide aid, The Gleaner has learnt.Major Kervin Harry, divisional commander at the Eastern Division of the Salvation Army... Read More...
Big boost for eye care
The National Health Fund (NHF) has approved a grant of J$48 million to support the activities of phase two of the Jamaica-Cuba Eye Care Project.According to a release from the NHF, under this phase, the project has been expanded to include the provision... Read More...
Shaw fends off claims of JSIF's inefficiency
FINANCE AND the Public Service Minister Audley Shaw on Tuesday rushed to the defence of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), after Transport and Works Minister Mike Henry accused the agency of suffering from systemic inefficiency... Read More...
Second Chance - Scholarships for 148 students
In these increasingly challenging economic times, 148 students from secondary schools across the country have received financial assistance through the efforts of a Kingston-based company. The students were selected from some 21 high schools... Read More...
Flow donates $700,000 to Food For the Poor
AT A time when hundreds of Jamaicans are losing their jobs, telecommunication provider, Flow, yesterday donated $700,000 to donor agent Food For the Poor, to assist with the well- being of the less fortunate across the country. According to Michele English... Read More...
