Jamaica Gleaner News
Published: Monday Friday | August 14, 2009
Life after bauxite - Finding the 'sweet' life - Former Alpart worker turns to the honey business as a viable option
WESTERN BUREAU: The thought of entering the business of honey production was never among the list of things to do for Andrew Green and Michael Crawford prior to their redundancies at the Alumina Partners of Jamaica Limited (Alpart) in St Elizabeth... Read More...
MAJ to assist memberswith collections
Severe financial challenges on its membership have forced the Media Association Jamaica Limited (MAJ) to ask its Accreditation Committee to monitor payments from advertising agencies to its members. The committee was formed originally to accredit... Read More...
Reducing disaster risk will help economy - ODPEM
The country is likely to retard its economic development if national decision making is not guided by a disaster risk reduction framework, a meeting of organisations involved in disaster risk management suggested on Wednesday. The meeting, convened and led ... Read More...
Class Acts: Holy Childhood Prep School
Holy Childhood Preparatory School motto is 'After the Battle, the Reward' and after six years of battle, the graduating class of 2009 was definitely rewarded at their school-leaving ceremony on June 26. Read More...
Riding out the storm - Shopkeeper speaks about the difficulty of staying afloat
Her eyes searched for customers, her patience immeasurable, as she glanced at the doorway of her small business. But 27-year-old Nataliee Holness of Nain, St Elizabeth, knows it will get worse before there are better days... Read More...
Miami company trains photo journalists
Kira Cares, Incorporated, a Miami-based charity organisation, founded by young Jamaican expatriates, launched the pilot of its 'Through the Eyes of a Child' project last month at the St Andrew Parish Church Care Centre. Sponsored by Big Joe... Read More...
Lemon grass, the next big thing
Professor Harvey Reid, deputy dean of the Faculty of Medical Sciences (FMS) at the University of the West Indies (UWI), is encouraging the expansion of the farming of Jamaican lemon grass.Professor Reid told JIS News that local and overseas markets... Read More...
JPS provides tertiary boost
The Jamaica Public Service, on Wednesday, doled out $8 million to University of Technology (UTech), University of the West Indies, Mona (UWI), Northern Caribbean University, and the St Patrick's Foundation, to be issued out in scholarship or subsidy... Read More...
Mayor's initiative on the move
More than 100 Primary and All-Age school students from St James, were presented with book grants valued at $5,000.00 each on Monday. The money was raised through a partnership between the St James Parish Council and Stages Production... Read More...
