Jamaica Gleaner Lead Stories
Published: Monday Tuesday | July 7, 2009
Bill to pay - Former Scotiabank boss set to fork out massive sums for perks
Retired head of Scotia-bank Jamaica, Bill Clarke, will have to pay the bank for the four full-time security officers assigned to him, as well as other perks.The monthly cost for security personnel is $498,595. There are two housekeepers and two gardeners employed at the bank's premises... Read More...
Are Jamaicans 'happy'?
Citizens and visitors across the island are trying to decipher the unlikely news that Jamaica is the third-happiest place on Earth. The rating was reported in the Happy Planet Index (HPI) 2.0, which was recently published by the New Economic Foundation... Read More...
Making that WISE investment
If you're among the thousands of Jamaicans who joined the ranks of the unemployed in the last several months, you know how difficult it is to get by, let alone plan for your future. In addition to the loss of steady income, you may be faced with some important decisions... Read More...
'Please be more alert'
Minister of National Security Senator Dwight Nelson is pleading with all policemen and women to be alert at all times in the face of what appears to be a "sustained attack" on local law-enforcement officials. Read More...
Police feel fear too - Murders of colleagues hit close to home
Numbing, furious, grief-stricken and helpless are but a few of the emotions overwhelming policemen and women in the aftermath of the violent killing of one of their colleagues. By their own account, police personnel are hit hard by news ... Read More...
Caribbean strikes back at UK portrayal of Jamaica
WESTERN BUREAU: Trinidad-born journalist Sir Trevor McDonald's three-part television series portraying Jamaica as a poverty-stricken country blighted by violence and drugs has come under heavy condemnation from the Ministry of Tourism ... Read More...
First swine flu death
Health Minister Rudyard Spencer has ordered a probe into the death of a young man at the Tony Thwaites Wing of the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) yesterday morning after he suffered complications associated with the influenza A (H1N1)... Read More...
Pickersgill lashes out at JLP over disunity comments
Chairman of the People's National Party (PNP), Robert Pickersgill, sent a terse warning to Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Deputy Leader Derrick Smith yesterday, saying he should keep out of the party's business and focus on the numerous challenges currently... Read More...
Jamaican to head board
CARICOM Heads, currently meeting in Georgetown, Guyana, have announced that Ambassador Gail Mathurin, a Jamaican, will be the head of a new regional negotiating body. Read More...
