Malaria breeds money - $1B for on-call payments to health workers; Health ministry launches investigation
he Ministry of Health will be launching an investigation into allegations of wanton abuse and mismanagement of an on-call payment facility, specially approved by the finance ministry to compensate public-health nurses and other health workers for the extra work they were expected to perform during the malaria outbreak in 2006.
- From a life of sin … Sisters in Christ
- Rescue in the streets
- Britain to track slave trade money
- From pearl to john-crow beads
- Freedom feeding frenzy - Mad rush for money with emancipation fallout
- I will renounce! Hay-Webster to give up US citizenship
- Who will speak for the people of NW Clarendon?
Flankers community wins Manley award
The Flankers Community Development Centre yesterday walked away with the Michael Manley Award for Community Self-Reliance, a $200,000 cash prize and a bronze resin trophy sculpted by artist Kay Sullivan at the Little Theatre in St Andrew.
- Parliament says thanks to Lady Bustamante's caregivers
- Future leaders conference kicks off Tuesday
- Hayles calls for modernised tax policies
- Culture is ripe for the picking - Hanna
- Wasted term - MPs: a spoke in the wheel of good governance
- Denbigh Agricultural show '09
ICWI partners with Angel Aid on women-only benefit
In a bid to grow business in a tight market, Angel Aid Limited, a 24-hour medical and emergency-response service, is teaming up with the Insurance Company of the West Indies (ICWI) to take its suite of services to the insurance company's women drivers.
- Pegasus goes on the market
- Age discrimination in the car-rental market
- Bankers criticise credit-reporting bill - But see areas for compromise
- Police trainees introduced to equities
- A coffee farmer's dream: Dorienne Rowan-Campbell goes organic
- CARICOM mini-summit to assess economic transformation strategy
Race against time - JADCO hearings put off until tomorrow
The door to the 2009 IAAF World Championships in Berlin is slowly closing on the five Jamaican athletes who returned positive tests from June's National Senior Championships.
- Honeyofalady all the way
- Fifteen15 cricket at Uprising
- Windies seek win in Twenty20
- Under-19s maintain good form
- IAAF Countdown - Bolt to produce a special 100m in Berlin
- JTTA making big investment in young players
- Oh no, not my beloved West Indies
- Rain, no play at Edgbaston
- MIND YOUR BUSINESS
- Breezes Runaway Bay Golf camp a big success
EDITORIAL - Managing the economy post-Don Wehby
When Bruce Golding asked Don Wehby to join his Cabinet after the Jamaica Labour Party's (JLP) victory in the 2007 general election, conventional wisdom was that the new prime minister lacked faith in the skills of the party's long-time shadow finance minister, Audley Shaw, and was seeking someone to hold Mr Shaw's hand in the portfolio.
- Agriculture: The engine of growth
- Lady Bustamante and Emancipendence
- Bumpy ride after remittance bonaza
- Strong families, strong nation
LETTER OF THE DAY - WI cricket: not a zero-sum game
The Editor, Sir: As a cricket lover and player, I have been paying attention with keen interest to the various conversations in the press and electronic media. I have observed with impetuous envy, the many prizes, trophies, gifts, cash and other accolades that Digicel and other sponsors have been dishing out to match winners with West Indies (WI) players, WI cricket management, Caribbean countries and fans mere observers.
Jamaica Festival - Art imitating life
In 1963, one man, Edward Seaga, then minister of development and welfare, had a dream to celebrate and develop 'all things Jamaican'. Forty-six years later, the dream has grown into an islandwide celebration impacting all facets of society.
- 'Bashment Granny' expanded for big screen
- Jamaica Celebrates - Remembering '62
- Money-troubled doctor found lifeline in Jackson
- STORY OF THE SONG - 'Jamaican Woman' a hilarious tribute
- Marley's 'Legend' stays true to its name
The A-R-T in Rasta
The reading on a small, digital thermometer hanging on a juice vendor's stall is 38 degrees Celsius. It's another scorcher in St Catherine and, here on the Spanish Town Bypass, cars are whizzing by in both directions. The smell of exhaust fumes and grass on a nearby field being seared in the heat make for an uncomfortable atmosphere.
- Sunday Sauce - In the spirit
- Literary Arts - Goodbye Marjorie (Part 1)
- UWI Notebook - Putting enough food on the table
- NCU Bulletin - NCU's engineering programme expands
- Should I sell cigars? Values and your career choice
'Ole Time Sumpting Come Back Again'
Just hours after the end of Reggae Sumfest 2009 last Sunday morning, a group of patriots was roasting corn, breadfruit, yam and salt fish in the backyard of Godfrey and Odette Dyer's Ironshore home in Montego Bay.
- Legal luminaries praise their own
- Saluting a distinguished Caribbean son
- DOCTOR'S ADVICE - Bondage in the bedroom
- Scenes from Sumfest
Preparing for the IMF
If you ever wanted an object lesson on how Jamaica is handicapped by its low social capital, then the tight fiscal discipline which is inherent in an International Monetary Fund (IMF) Agreement will provide just that.
- Lady Bustamante and the distortion of history
- Debating Emancipation: Morality and profitability
- IMF Debates - Redundant ritualistic rubbish
- Emancipation observance: A time for reflection
- Misreading Keynes
- Emancipation: Remembering the war victims of 1831-32
- Jamaica's bauxite reserves: cause for concern
Report: Bush calls for strong message to North Korea
Former President George W. Bush called on America's partners in negotiations on North Korea's nuclear programme to send a strong and clear message to the regime to stop its atomic activity, a news report said yesterday.
- LaGuardia terminal evacuated in New York City, one in custody
- 'Britain may have recruited al-Qaida'
- Half of Cyprus' population to get swine flu vaccine
- Obama: Spirit of innovation is key to the future
- Six Pakistani Christians die in riots with Muslims
LaCroix gets fifth-term nod
Kent LaCroix, who was re-elected Automobile Dealers' Association (ADA) chairman on July 29, and has held the post since 2003, said that one of his mandates for this term is to improve communication between the auto dealers and the Ministry of Finance. He said that this move is a priority.
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