Jamaica Gleaner News
Published: Monday Wednesday | December 2, 2009
Ship ahoy! - Antoinette Blake pursues a maritime career
Nineteen-year-old Antoinette Blake, who has just completed the first phase of her seafaring training at the Caribbean Maritime institute (CMI) in Kingston, left the island via ship in September with the Belgian line EXMAR to begin the next leg... Read More...
Don't just give for giving sake
Hi neighbour! People's expectations of one another skyrocket at this time of the year. Recession or no recession, most persons expect to receive something from someone (need it or not), because Christmas is a time for giving... Read More...
Bible Bible to the rescue - 'Woe is me' to those who miss the rhetoric
CLEVELAND, Ohio (AP): "Woe is me: If you want to be all things to all people, remember that many are called but few are chosen."If those phrases have a familiar ring, they come from a very old book: they have entered the secular lexicon from the Bible... Read More...
Goodwill flows in Pell River - Rural school gets donation after teacher's success
GOODWILL HAS been started to trickle into Pell River Primary, the school of Andrae Lyons, Jamaica's representative to the second renewal of Microsoft's Latin America Innovative Educators Forum in Argentina. Lyons had designed a reading software... Read More...
New abode, support for homeless children
The thirty children affected by HIV/AIDS who were left homeless when fire gutted Martha's House on North Street in March this year are to be relocated to a newly-constructed village on lands occupied by Mustard Seed Communities on Windsor Road... Read More...
No kidding around - Words have new meaning for child readers
IF THE saying 'reading maketh the man' is to be taken literally, the national champions of the National Reading Competition staged by the Jamaica Library Service (JLS) are well made. Lavandra Brown, champion in the six-to-eight age group, said the preparation... Read More...
More for poor - Gov't has vision for 10,000 houses
Minister of Water and Housing, Dr Horace Chang, has vowed that the erection of 10,000 government-backed houses over the next few years would be specifically geared at low-paid socio-economic groups. "About 70 per cent of the houses would be for the low-income earners... Read More...
Sandals to remain at Dunn's River till July 2010
Sandals Resorts International (SRI) and Sagicor Life Jamaica have stated that the all-inclusive chain's Dunn's River, St Ann, hotel will remain in control of the property until July next year.Though the lease, by Sagicor, comes to an end on May 31,... Read More...
Pica corner - Getting certified
Today's PICA Corner will look at products, other than passports, which are now available with expedited service at the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency.Besides passports, what other services are now available for next-day... Read More...
A plucky chicken farmer - Mom-to-be pregnant with optimism, ambition
Being 19 years old, pregnant, single and living in a small rural community may not be the ideal situation for any young woman. But Gabrielle Walker of Mount Vernon, St Thomas, is plucking for herself a brighter future through chicken rearing... Read More...
Chief medical officer snags top award
Dr Sheila Campbell-Forrester, Jamaica's chief medical officer (CMO), is this year's recipient of the Soroptimist International Club of Kingston's prestigious Stella Gregory Award. Campbell-Forrester was recognised for her professionalism, commitment to excellence.... Read More...
More than 40 years after its founding ...Theology college gets first female head
The 44-year-old United Theological College of the West Indies (UTCWI) has appointed its first female president. She is the Rev Dr Marjorie Angela Lewis, who takes up the post on August 1, 2010. Lewis will be responsible for guiding ... Read More...
