Medical stress - Health sector reels from shortage
THE CONTINUED shortage of nurses, public health inspectors, pharmacists and medical supplies has placed the health sector under stress. Some hospitals are running short on even alcohol, antibiotic dressing and reagents to test for some deadly...
Parents blamed for school violence
THE LEVEL of violence in schools has increased over the last five years say the majority of persons interviewed in the latest Gleaner-commissioned Don Anderson poll. More than 57 per cent of those questioned said there was more violence in schools...
Homecoming - RETURNING RESIDENTS LOOK TO RESETTLE
MANY JAMAICANS living overseas have a conflicting relationship with the land of their birth. They are enchanted by memories of a beautiful country populated by warm people, but inside, are tortured by the cloud of negative press mushrooming over the...
AT&T makes good on payment
AT&T WIRELESS has paid over in full the sum of J$360 million to the Jamaican Government, only two weeks after receiving a cellular licence, says Phillip Paulwell, Minister of Commerce, Science and Technology.
Cyber crimes law coming
PERSONS WHO commit criminal offences over the Internet will soon face prosecution as a committee has been set up to draft a Cyber Crimes Bill which should be in effect by June.
PM pessimistic about free trade timetable
PRIME MINISTER P.J. Patterson, having observed the ongoing debate on free trade in the United States' presidential election campaign for months, now says that it is not likely that the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) will come into effect in...
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