Gleaner Editor's Forum - Kingston hotels gearing up for cricket
KINGSTON hoteliers are positioning themselves to benefit big from the Caribbean's hosting of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Cricket World Cup later this year. Nicola Madden-Greg, president of the Kingston chapter of the Jamaica Hotel...
Is the church fading? - Results of a changing society
The celebration of Christmas Day and New Year's Eve has traditionally been a time when many Jamaicans attend a church service. But a Gleaner-commission poll suggests that most Jamaicans stayed away from church in the period between Christmas...
Portmore residents demand freeze on planned toll increase
While the operators of Highway 2000 TransJamaican Highway Limited, await Government's consent to an increase in toll charges on the multi-lane highway, community leaders in Portmore, St. Catherine....
Early Childhood Commission launches education campaign
The Early Childhood Commission (ECC), in collaboration with the Enhancement of Basic Schools Project, on Wednesday launched a public education campaign on the new Early Childhood Act,...
$2 billion a year for children injured in vehicular accidents
SPANISH TOWN, St. Catherine: Dr. Dayanand Sawh, orthopaedic surgeon at the Bustamante Hospital for Children, yesterday implored students to use proper traffic signals such as pedestrian crossings in order to reduce injuries received...
Sandals Whitehouse quantity surveyor defends his integrity
Brian Goldson, the quantity surveyor for the controversial Sandals White-house hotel project, gave a stout defence of his professional and personal integrity at Tuesday's meeting of the Public Accounts Committee...
Adamou assault case set for Feb 9
The case of the man accused of assaulting American-born business-woman, Kimberly Adamou, has been set for trial on February 9 in the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate's Court, St. Catherine.
Health Ministry continues push against bleaching
Spanish Town, St. Catherine: Health Minister Horace Dalley is stressing that persons must be aware that bleaching kills the skin, making them vulnerable to illness, and should, therefore, be stopped in order to prevent individuals...
Victims Charter to become public March
WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica is to get its own Victims Charter by March 31 when it will become a public document. The Charter will, among other things, include a victim support system and will speak to the role of victims as it relates to the criminal justice.
DBJ to get $600m loan
The House of Representatives has approved a $600 million loan guarantee to the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) from the Bank of Nova Scotia for on-lending to businesses in the tourism and agriculture sectors at...
JEF says left out of minimum wage talks
Jacqueline Coke-Lloyd, exe-cutive director of the Jamaica Employers' Federation (JEF), says she is disappoint-ment with Government's decision to grant a 14 per cent increase to the National Minimum Wage.
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