Jamaica Gleaner News
Published: Monday Monday | September 14, 2009
MoBay: Potential health tourism centre
WESTERN BUREAU: The international accounting and consulting firm, Deloitte, estimates that 1.6 million American patients will travel to other countries in 2010 for medical care and treatment, doubling the numbers who travelled in 2007... Read More...
Seizing opportunities
A business often begins as a dream. Silburn Clarke went through a number of them before landing on the right one. Clarke is the president/CEO of Spatial Innovision, which provides Geographic Information System (GIS) services and Global Positioning System (GPS)... Read More...
Half Moon targets wellness
WESTERN BUREAU: Unlike the thrust that is made by Asia, Latin America and, perhaps, Cuba to attract tourists wanting to access lower costs for severe illnesses or cosmetic surgeries, Jamaica's Half Moon hotel's efforts are focused on wellness... Read More...
St Thomas man hangs self
A St Thomas man who had reportedly been struggling with depression and experiencing domestic problems is believed to have hanged himself last Friday. Dead is Roy Hamilton, a labourer, of Queen Street, Morant Bay. According to Corporal Owen Blagrove... Read More...
UWI extends flu ban on public gatherings
Lingering concerns over the threat of influenza A (H1N1) have led campus officials at the University of the West Indies, Mona, to cancel all non-academic public gatherings for a further three days.The matter again will be assessed on Wednesday... Read More...
