Jamaica Gleaner News
Published: Monday Tuesday | October 27, 2009
'Business-marriage' blues
Dear Mrs Walker-Huntington: I am writing on behalf of my mother, who resides overseas. She got married to obtain her papers, but the other party is not holding up his end of the bargain... Read More...
Immigration corner - Bridal booking
Dear Mr Bassie, I am a Jamaican who entered the UK on a student's visa. While attending school, I started dating an English man. He proposed to me and he wants me to stay in England with him when I finish school... Read More...
Dear Counsellor - Something just does not SMELL right?
Q. I met a girl in 1995 and started a relationship shortly after. We had a daughter the following year. I cheated on her and she found out. We, however, worked things out. We got engaged in 2003 and she subsequently gave birth to a son... Read More...
US Customs and Immigration mishandles informants
EL PASO, Texas (AP): One immigration agent was accused of running an Internet pornography business and enjoying an improper relationship with an informant. Another let an informant smuggle in a group of illegal immigrants. And in a third case... Read More...
Control that appetite
Congratulations! You have decided to lose weight but fear that you cannot control your appetite. There are several foods and beverages you can turn to that will not wreck your weight-loss efforts. They are what I call appetite-control foods and they make your stomach... Read More...
Changes for educational regions - Should increase efficiency, says Hastings
In an effort to improve performance in the island's schools, the Ministry of Education is working on reconfiguring the regional education boundaries. The reconfiguration will move the number of Regional Education Agencies (REAs) from six to seven.... Read More...
Pickersgill blasts Henry's train proposal
The Opposition People's National Party has scoffed at claims by transport minister Mike Henry that passenger trains could resume rolling by early next year. "It would seem that the minister of transport and works has deve-loped quite a penchant... Read More...
FirstCaribbean moves to Portmore
FirstCaribbean International Jamaica has now moved to Portmore, St Catherine.While there was a launch of the branch in Portmore on Sunday, the institution will not be open for business until November 9. Mayor Keith Hinds said that the move by FirstCaribbean was a welcome ... Read More...
IDB gives big money to Jamaican programme
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has granted Jamaica a J$46.3 million (US$520,000) grant to fund a civil registration and vital statistics systems modernisation programme.The system wil be utilised within the government service to capture... Read More...
Gov't fights to improve World Bank ranking
The World Bank's 2010 Doing Business Report, which ranks economies according to the number and impact of reforms to improve the climate for doing business, has downgraded Jamaica. The Government says, however, that initiatives have been implemented... Read More...
TUESDAY TALK - HOT TOPICS ON THE COCKTAIL CIRCUIT AND MORE ...
Cheating ones are being advised to become tech savvy if they really want to successfully disguise their activities. Take this lady who was cheating on her doctor husband. He got hold of her cellphone and read a series of coded ... Read More...
