Jamaica Gleaner News
Published: Monday Sunday | April 12, 2009
Generation Lost: 'My sister was a budding politician'
JUST BEFORE her death in 2005, 18-year-old Mesha-Gaye Tomlin was writing a speech to be presented as part of her sociology class in lower-sixth form at The Queen's School in St Andrew. Read More...
HEART refutes JMA comments - Says agency fulfilling its mandate
THE COUNTRY'S premier training institute, the HEART Trust/NTA, is rejecting comments made by the Jamaica Manufacturers' Association (JMA) in a recently published study that the institute has "lost its way".In a hidden-cost study published late last... Read More...
A fresh start - Charity gives prisoners new lease on life this Easter
IMAGINE BEING incarcerated because you couldn't afford to pay a court-imposed fine of a few thousand dollars after being found guilty of a traffic offence.Well, that's precisely the story of several persons now... Read More...
It cannot be business as usual - western stakeholders
Western Bureau: STAKEHOLDERS IN western Jamaica think it will take much more than government, as usual, if the ambitious plan for the 2009-2010 parliamentary year, outlined by Governor General Dr Patrick Allen on Tuesday are to... Read More...
Step-by-step anatomy of a scam
The scammers get your name and email address, physical address or phone number. Scammers write up a scam email or letter. You receive the email, letter or call. Read More...
The week that was: April 5-11
PRIME MINISTER Minister Bruce Golding has pledged to take a 15 per cent pay cut and called on his colleague members of parliament to sacrifice 10 per cent of their salaries as the Government prepares to table what... Read More...
Jerome Baldwin-Crichton - The motivated forester
Jerome Baldwin-Crichton, a level-II forester who has just completed a Bachelor of Science degree in environmental sciences at Knox Community College, is looking forward to moving upwards in his field... Read More...
Investing in a market-driven career
If you have between $38,000 and $92,000 to invest in your education annually, you may want to consider training for a new career at the Vocational Training Development Institute (VTDI), the tertiary arm of HEART Trust/NTA, which offers programmes at the... Read More...
