Jamaica Gleaner News
Published: Monday Friday | July 24, 2009
A Hart of gold - Business man retires to a life of philanthropy
WESTERN BUREAU: Casually dressed in Bermuda shorts and a polo shirt, Tony Hart looked primed to take on a game of golf at any of Montego Bay's championship golf courses, and his game plan included just that. His profile states he is retired, and what that means is... Read More...
Coalition's voice on abortion gets louder
The Coalition of Defence for Life continued to advocate for an end to abortions in Jamaica on Tuesday. The group's chairman, Dr Doreen Brady-West, spoke on the issue at the Corpus Christi Monastery, downtown Kingston, where, she said, the sanctity of... Read More...
Infestation! - 'Native' Portmore residents say influx of gunmen destroying peace in communities
RESIDENTS OF original Portmore, St Catherine, home-steads, which existed before the area first began benefiting from planned develop-ment in 1969, are crying out for help, as their communities have become infested with gunmen, resulting in numerous shooting incidents... Read More...
Sturge Town wins - St Ann community cops environmental award
Sturge Town, St Ann, has been awarded first place in the National Better Environments for Social Transformation (BEST) Competition and Programme for 2008. The community won over $2 million in cash and prices. Who the winners in the various categories... Read More...
Final YEP sessions on today
The Manchester leg of the Young Entrepreneurs Programme's (YEP) orientation sessions has been rescheduled for today. The sessions will be held at the HEART Vocational Training Development Institute (VTDI) campus, Grove Road, Mandeville, and Holmwood... Read More...
Look out for more job cuts and wage freezes - Roberts
The Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions (JCTU) has put the country on high alert for further wage freezes and public-sector job cuts. Vice-president of the JCTU, Danny Roberts, on Wednesday described Jamaica's return to a borrowing relationship... Read More...
Jamaican companies among best in the Caribbean
Two Jamaican companies are among eight in the region that have advanced to the finals of the Pioneers of Prosperity's Caribbean Awards Programme for small and medium business enterprises (SME). Spatial Innovisions Limited, Land Mapping and Consultancy... Read More...
Parliament to take a look at parenting
Legislation to establish the proposed National Parenting Support Commission should be before Parliament soon. Education Minister Andrew Holness says the legislation to create the commission has been drafted but it is awaiting the completion of the policy document. Read More...
Turning point - Seventh-day Adventist school works out programme to change wayward students
"I was a troublemaker, I loved to fight and if you can't defend yourself, I would pick on you and make others laugh," explained 18-year-old Ricardo Logan, as he recalled his early years at a high school in Kingston. The teen revealed that between classes... Read More...
Information ministry soon to bring new policy
New policy minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects in the Office of the Prime Minister, Daryl Vaz, says that a new information and communications technology policy will be tabled in Parliament soon.... Read More...
What's under Spanish Town?
That Spanish Town was the island's first English capital is well known. The English swiped the city from the Spaniards in 1655. That it's one of the oldest Georgian squares in the Western Hemisphere and one of the world's oldest cities is also probably well known too. Read More...
