Jamaica Gleaner Lead Stories
Published: Monday Monday | February 23, 2009
Free health flop - Avalanche of woes predicted before user fees scrapped
HEALTH MINISTER Ruddy Spencer last year ignored a warning by a task force he set up to review the island's regional health authorities (RHAs) by pressing ahead with the abolition of user fees in hospitals and health centres. The task force, led by Dr Winston Davidson... Read More...
After daughter hits dad, relations sour
She was supposed to wait for her father to pick her up from school. Instead, she decided to take a bus. When her father confronted her, it led to a heated exchange. Words darted from father to child, and a bitter relationship took a turn for the worse... Read More...
Reviewing the GSAT model
A preliminary study by the education ministry has shown that the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT), which is now in its 10th year, was not adequately meeting the demands of the nation's changing education sector. Several suggestions have been made regarding possible changes... Read More...
Cancer's new poster girl - Dying TV star turns public spotlight on ravaging disease
LONDON (AP): Bald from chemotherapy and so weak she had trouble standing, British reality TV star Jade Goody married her 21-year-old sweetheart on Sunday - and her every tear was captured for the cameras. The wedding extravaganza for the brash... Read More...
Health-authority structure illegal? - Task force questions validity
THE LEGALITY of the structure of regional health authorities (RHAs) has been questioned by a task force set up by Health Minister Ruddy Spencer.In its 215-page report, the Dr Winston Davidson-led task force said it appeared that the permission of Parliament... Read More...
Show me your interest and I'll show you mine - BOJ governor tells private sector to send rate signal
Under pressure from private-sector leaders to immediately begin a rollback of interest rates, central bank Governor Derick Latibeaudiere has hit the ball back into the court of his critics. "If the interest-rate signal is there in the next Treasury-bill auction... Read More...
Cop, son freed of corruption
A police sergeant based at the Ocho Rios station and his son, who were charged with breaches of the Corruption Prevention Act, were freed last Friday.Resident Magistrate Carol Edwards upheld no-case submissions at the end of the Crown's case in the St Ann's Bay Resident... Read More...
Plane bird strike in Jamaica every month
At least one bird strike affects planes that fly in Jamaica's airspace every month but the island's Airports Authority says it has sufficient mitigation strategies to reduce the possibility of fatal crashes, a senior official has said... Read More...
