Pay up or else! - Heavy demands from extortionists halt several roadwork projects
EXTORTIONISTS ARE demanding that they be paid a permit fee of $5 million before major rehabilitation of the Tinson Pen Gully in Kingston can be carried out. The Sunday Gleaner has been reliably informed that a contract to correct the malfunctioning gully.
Remittance inflows spiral
LONDON: REMITTANCE INFLOWS from Jamaicans overseas have spiralled over the last five years, surpassing its forerunners the tourism and bauxite industries in foreign exchange earnings.
Tufton new G2K president
CHRISTOPHER TUFTON is the new president of Generation 2000 (G2K) the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) affiliate organisation of young professionals. He was elected during a meeting at the party's Belmont Road Headquarters in St. Andrew yesterday.
More women in workforce... cause for great concern?
LOCAL RESEARCHERS are worried about the continuing trend which points to a massive growth in the number of women at various levels of employment with fewer men keeping pace.
Bad roads, unemployment top tasks for Parish Councils
JAMAICANS WANT the Jamaica Labour Party-dominated Parish Councils to tackle bad roads and create the environment for investments which will generate job opportunities. This is according to the findings of the latest Gleaner-commissioned poll conducted...
Surgeons screen patients for HIV without consent
SURGEONS IN some hospitals across the island are carrying out HIV tests on patients without their knowledge, before surgeries are performed. One woman told The Sunday Gleaner that she had been booked for major surgery in a private hospital...
World Celebrates Teachers Day - Primary schools worldwide face shortage - UN
WHERE WOULD you be now if a good teacher had not crossed your path? That is what the Jamaica Teachers Association (JTA) wants all Jamaicans to think about when the country celebrates World Teachers Day today.
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