Results bungled - Ministry, Pembroke Hall Primary at odds over literacy test error
Approximately 80 students at the Pembroke Hall Primary School in St Andrew are to resit the Grade Four Literacy Test after their test papers were not identified by the education ministry. The students are yet to receive results, and the Ministry of Education...
- Cash Plus depositors flood Wildman's office
- JDF gets firearm simulator from UK
- Government stands by Zacca appointment
- Media barred from Lyns case
- Shaw sends good word from Turkey
- Daviesh Mills wins long battle
- Jubilation for Jenelle
JUTC rides short
The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) is having difficulties meeting the demand for commuters who wish to utilise its services, according to Reginald Allen, director of communications in the Ministry of Transport and Works...
- Huie painting missing - National Gallery on the hunt for 10 pieces of art loaned to the Government
- Crime battle rages on - JCF tries to respond to September violence
- Dunoon takes the step - PALS peer mediators programme to create a safer school
- 'Shearer' shocks western culture - Chamber of commerce presidents says new bill will take time to gather acceptance
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'Get to work, Gov't!' - Matalon says action needed to effect reform talk
While endorsing Prime Minister Golding's recent announcements about the modernisation of the public sector, Joseph Matalon, president of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), has urged caution and called for the Government to get to work...
Stewart hails rivalry with Fraser... Sprinter makes donations to Bustamante Hospital
Two-hundredths of a second is all that separated compatriots Shelly-Ann Fraser and Kerron Stewart in the 100 metres finals at the IAAF World Champion-ships in Berlin this summer, as the pair dismissed the rest of the field en route to a Jamaica one-two in the highly...
- STETHS cool red-hot Balaclava
- Windies in competitive group
- Goldson urges Gov't to support cycling
- Apprentices shine at Caymanas
- Equestrians shine as sport grows in popularity
EDITORIAL - How Zacca should interpret his job
At the outset of the global economic crisis, from which Jamaica is badly bruised and battered and to which Prime Minister Golding concedes that his government may have been slow to respond, we outlined an early robust programme of intervention...
LETTER OF THE DAY - Privy Council and EPA
The Editor, Sir: Please publish this as an open letter to the prime minister.I am deeply saddened though amused to watch and follow the news articles concerning the announcements of the United Kingdom-based Privy Council....
- CSEC subsidy cut is wrong
- The choices women make
- How Montague missed the point
- Well intentioned but flawed strata plan
Julian Marley 'Juju' ready to 'Awake' the US
Singer Julian 'Juju' Marley has a lot on his plate of late, what with the April release of his third album, Awake, and the start of his cross-country tour of the United States.
Despite his hectic schedule, when The Gleaner spoke with Marley recently...
The epitome of fine dining
Western Bureau: The epitome of a fine dining experience begins at Marguerite's Seafood by the Sea restaurant in Montego Bay where dining out is transformed into a memorable occasion. With a seating capacity of 200, food lovers...
- The Irish twist
- The Blues and the world
- Starapples restaurant: Jamaican cuisine you crave
- Cocoro, Mayfair Hotel: Dispelling the sushi myth
- Hotel Four Seasons: An experience steeped in tradition
- RED JACK restaurant, Morgan's Harbour Hotel & Marina: Elegant, casual dining by the Caribbean Sea
- Habibi Latino: Fusion of Latin and Mediterranean
GREECE - Socialist PM promises 'time to breathe' economic crisis
Greece (AP): Greece's new Socialist government took charge yesterday, promising Greeks "time to breathe" before they face the realities of a rapidly cooling economy compromised by high state spending and a soaring public debt....
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