Corruption raises concerns among overseas lending agencies ­ Shaw

DEPUTY LEADER of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), Audley Shaw, yesterday charged that overseas lending agencies were raising concerns about corruption in the awarding of international contracts in Jamaica. Mr. Shaw, who was speaking at the 57th annual...

Health care for children gets boost - Paediatric Association of Ja releases record 14 new vaccines

PAEDIATRIC Association of Jamaica yesterday released a record 14 vaccines and guidelines on their use in an effort to help paediatricians deliver better health care to the nation's children..

JUTC buses to go rural within five years
PRESIDENT OF the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), Sterling Soares, has said that Jamaicans can expect to have state-owned buses operating in some rural towns within five years. In an interview with The Gleaner, Mr. Soares expressed the hope that...

Towards re-designing media policy ­ Part 1
THE GLOBAL media landscape is constantly changing, creating a moving target for policy-making and regulation. Over the last few years, however, several key trends have emerged to form the context for media operation and communication decision-making in...

Flexible work week coming

PROPOSED AMENDMENTS to the Labour Relations and Industrial Disputes Act (LRIDA), along with the flexible work week, are to become reality in the 2000/2001 legislative year, according Labour Minister Donald Buchanan. He told the board of directors of the.