Oil deal casualty - Pressure for Gov't minister to resign
The
leadership of the ruling People's National Party (PNP), including retired Prime
Minister P.J. Patterson huddled on the weekend to strategise its way out of a
potentially damaging position, brought on by the disclosure that the party received...
Rising Stars winners - One Third thrilled with success, Nickeisha gracious in
defeat
In front
of a live studio audience at Television Jamaica, Miguel Walters, Alpheus O. Johnson
and Adrian Campbell, better known as the group One Third, emerged as the victors
of the Rising Stars 2006 Competition, bringing the popular...
$Millions for Cricket World Cup clean-up
Tourism
Minister Aloun Assamba has announced the allocation of $50 million to be used
for the beautification and upgrading of three of the island's landmarks
and heritage tourist sites in preparation.
PSOJ fires back at gov't over Trafigura remarks
The
Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) yesterday hit back at the Government
for its attack on president of the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC).
JUTC pays out $millions for crashes
Despite
a major decline in the number of road crashes caused by Jamaica Urban Transit
Corporation (JUTC) buses this year, the company is still churning out millions
of dollars for insurance and body repairs.
The cost of power
FORMER PEOPLE'S National Party
(PNP) Member of Parliament Danny Melville once described the job of a politician
as being a "corner don, a coordinator of patronage and an attender of funerals."
Ardenne
High ranks 8th in CXC English language exam
Education reform advocate Dr. Ralph Thompson has apologised for inadvertently
omitting Ardenne High School from the top-10 performing traditional schools in
English language in the 2006 Caribbean.
Review of PNP 2002 election manifesto
The
curtains are closing on the fourth term of the People's National Party
(PNP) government and there are still many campaign promises that it made to the
people that have not been fulfilled.
Ending HIV/AIDS discrimination at the workplace
Below
are excerpts from an Editors' Forum on HIV/AIDS Testing at the Workplace
held at the Gleaner Company's office, downtown Kingston on October 3, 2006.
NWA officer off on scholarship in UK
Chevening
Scholar 2006, Alicia Gayle, recently departed the island en route to the United
Kingdom. She will pursue a master of science degree in geographical information
systems (GIS) at the prestigious...
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