Jamaica Gleaner Lead Stories
Published: Monday Sunday | July 12, 2009
Single and super! Whether they are waiting for Mr Right or choosing independence, women are opting to stay single
Jamaican women seem to have rejected marriage as the path to motherhood. The majority choose to raise their children as single mothers despite the apparent hardships. At least five out of every six births in Jamaica are to unmarried mothers. Read More...
Onwards to IMF - Omar, Audley battle the approach
WITHIN TWO weeks, finance minister Audley Shaw is expected to jump into heat of the discussions with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as the Bruce Golding administration forges ahead with plans to seek balance of payment support from the multilateral lending organisation. Read More...
Single-minded and self-sufficient
AT TWENTY-SEVEN years old, Samantha has been single for a year, the longest stretch without a committed partner since she began dating - although she says, she does not have to be. Read More...
Single and Super - There is hope!
Farrah Evans thought she would never get married. "My dream and hope was that I would be married by the time I was 25 years old," she told The Sunday Gleaner. "Like most young women, I wanted it all, the husband and the family," she said. Read More...
Blacklisted again! New travel law for Jamaicans
The luxury of spending 24 hours in a British airport en route to a third country visa free came to an abrupt end a few months ago, the British High Commission here has confirmed. Read More...
Put the brakes on it! - Study reveals that more than 85% of motorists break the speed limit
ALMOST NINE of every 10 motorists on Jamaican roads break the speed limit! This was revealed by a recent Sunday Gleaner speed audit conducted at five strategic locations in the Kingston Metropolitan Region (KMR). Read More...
Compromised childhood - School system reinforces early-childhood crisis
While I agree with many of Dr Ralph Thompson's 'Get to the Root!' recommendations in last Sunday's publication, I do not think that the early-childhood education system is the root of our problems. It fails to remediate an already compromised situation. Read More...
