'Export training needed for the education sector'
OPPOSITION SPOKES-MAN on education, Andrew Holness, is batting for the Government to train persons with the intention of exporting labour in the education sector and ultimately increasing remittances received by the nation.
RJR muscles up - Spaulding puts successor in place
LESTER SPAULDING is not yet quite ready to head into retirement as chairman and CEO. But Spaulding, 65, has made clear his succession intent at RJR Communications Group and, he says, is further preparing the company for stiffening competition...
Happy hunting, Windies
WHEN INDIA arrived in the Caribbean for the Digicel one-day and Test series, hardly any one gave West Indies a chance of winning one or the other. In fact, there was talk that with India doing so well and ranked at number three in both versions...
Unseemly gender bias over principal
WE DEEM it unseemly and vulgar that the choice of a woman to be principal of St. George's College - the Kingston high school for boys - should have aroused opposition from parents and faculty. That fact of the selectee's gender ought...
LETTER OF THE DAY - Crime key: better witness protection
THE EDITOR, Sir: DESPITE THE recent short-term advances made by Operation Kingfish to counter violent crime in Jamaica and the indebtedness owed to those who risk their lives in the capacity of law enforcement officers...
EXED tops speech finals
AS THE screams erupted from the Little Theatre, Tom Redcam Avenue, where the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission's (JCDC) National Speech Finals were coming to an end on Friday, June 23, representatives of Excelsior Community...
High 5 for Supreme Ventures
CONSIDERING ALL the success that Supreme Ventures Ltd. (SVL) has had, it would seem they have been around longer than five years. Well, technically they have been. You see, at a reception last Sunday to celebrate the 'anniversary' president and CEO...