Jamaica Gleaner Lead Stories
Published: Monday Monday | September 7, 2009
War on illiteracy - Schools to get more money and might for education fight
The Government is to spend half a billion dollars to fight illiteracy for the new academic year, Education Minister Andrew Holness has said. In his address to the nation yesterday, he said the money will be used to improve the cadre of literacy and numeracy specialists... Read More...
Simply the best - Remedial student tops graduating class
Nicholas Whyte started Denham Town High as a remedial student but five years later he topped all schoolmates in Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations with eight subjects, including four distinctions... Read More...
Making a fresh start
WESTERN BUREAU: "It is a new step in life," says 11-year-old Demoy Kerr, who will make the transition from primary school to high school today at his new frontier, Cornwall College, in Montego Bay, St James. Demoy told The Gleaner that orientation... Read More...
West will do its best - Principals remain optimistic despite the challenges
WESTERN BUREAU: High-school principals in western Jamaica are confident that they will get over the hurdles to ensure a hassle-free start to the new academic year. According to Iris Stoddart, vice-principal at Green Pond High School... Read More...
Poison alarm
Health officials at the Bustamante Hospital for Children are urging the Government to impose strict legislation governing the storage of household chemicals and other harmful substances. The call came against the backdrop of a 2005-2007 study conducted... Read More...
Queen of Creole still reigns
Pop story gi mi! That's just one of the timeless phrases made famous by Louise Bennett-Coverley, the buxom, exuberant queen of Jamaican dialect. Today is the 90th anniversary of the legendary folklorist's birth. Miss Lou died July 26, 2006, in Toronto, Canada... Read More...
Jamaican creates history
A Jamaica-born Rhodes Scholar, Peter Blair Henry, will become New York University's first black business dean. He is to take up the post at the university's Stern School of Business in January 2010.Henry, who is currently Konosuke Matsushita professor... Read More...
Garbage agency dumps contractors
A 20 per cent cut in its budget will force the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) to cut 12 contractors on September 14. Executive director of the garbage collection agency, Joan Gordon-Webley, said the NSWMA has been forced to streamline... Read More...
Maiden call
Sea Ocean Lines' MV Rio Miami is scheduled to make its maiden port call at the Kingston Wharf Container Terminal today. Sea Ocean Lines will operate a weekly container service from its Miami River terminal facilities.... Read More...
Stern ready to get back to work
SPALDINGS, Clarendon: JUST HOURS after being elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for North West Clarendon in Friday's by-election, the Jamaica Labour Party's (JLP) Michael Stern has made it clear that he will not be expecting a honeymoon period... Read More...
NEWS BRIEFS
Henry probes toll hike, Transport Minister Mike Henry says he will be meeting today with Ferris Ziadie, chairman of the Toll Authority, for an explanation regarding the toll increase along Highway 2000 on the weekend.Motorists who used the highway... Read More...
