Jamaica Gleaner News
Published: Monday Monday | August 3, 2009
Robert Stennett is Hubert Humphrey Fellow
At age 43, and at a time when the country, as is the rest of the world, is gripped by the clutches of the second 'Great Depression', Robert Stennett, chief economist at the Bank of Jamaica (BoJ), has one of the toughest jobs in the land... Read More...
Jamaica receives $7b of Food For the Poor's aid to region - Charity fills health-care resource gap
Jamaica leads 17 other Latin American and Caribbean locations as the country that receives the lion's share of health-care donations from the international charity, Food For The Poor (FFP). Last year, FFP shipped 625.5 tractor-trailer loads of medicines... Read More...
Central Village welcomes Adventist Church outreach
Joy and gladness were some of the emotions exhibited by residents of sections of the violence-torn community of Central Village, St Catherine, during a promised outreach by members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church on Saturday... Read More...
Guardian Life manager to head customer service body
Christine Morgan, customer service manager at Guardian Life Limited, has been elected president of the Jamaica Customer Service Association (JaCSA). Also elected during the recent seventh annual general meeting of the association were vice-presidents... Read More...
Mourning Lady B
Lady Bustamante will be accorded an official funeral on August 8, which will also be observed as a National Day of Mourning. The following guidelines should apply, where relevant, from the usual start of the working day until the conclusion... Read More...
The book says ...
In the first month of our son's life, I received many messages from friends asking me if I was exhausted from lack of sleep. My answer was, "Not really". I had got the best piece of advice while I was pregnant: keep your baby on a routine... Read More...
My daughter is very forgetful
Q. My 16-year-old daughter who used to be very responsible seems to be easily forgetting things these days. I do not know if she is simple or careless. She will turn on the iron and start reading and forget that the iron is on. Read More...
Child's play! Part 2
Many people might have the impression that men cannot take care of children or, at the very least, that they choose not to. Unfortunately, our society is 'proof' of this stereotypical way of life. Fathers are often absent from family homes... Read More...
