No health fees for children - Move to cost Government of Jamaica $350m
By month-end, the nation's over one million children will be exempt from health fee charges in public hospitals, Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller stated yesterday during her presentation to the 2007/2008 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives....
Mirant to net US$350m for JPS
Mirant Corporation will net, after backing out debt and other financial obligations, an estimated US$350 million, from the sale of Jamaica Public Service (JPS), which is being offloaded with its other Caribbean energy assets to Japan's Marubeni Corporation...
Uphill challenge for young Reggae Boyz
JAMAICA'S NATIONAL Under-17 footballers face a mammoth task in their quest for World Cup glory when they tackle favourites Costa Rica at 7:00 tonight at the National Stadium. In the curtain raiser at 5:00 p.m., it will be a clash of the North Americans as Canada...
EDITORIAL - WICB should let them strike
After the ignominy of the World Cup and the sufferance with which they will be hosted by England, one would have thought that the West Indies cricket team and their union would be shamed into reason. But it seems that Dinanath Ramnarine, the CEO...
LETTER OF THE DAY - Dangerous mix of divinity and politics
The Editor, Sir: The Weekly Gleaner of April 16-22, 2007, featured certain sectors of the Jamaican church praying for the Jamaican Prime Minister, the Honourable Portia Simpson Miller. They also issued 'prophecies' about her being victorious in the upcoming elections.
Empress-ive wardrobe for Zahra
Bon voyage to the Rastafarian Queen Zahra Redwood. The Miss Jamaica Universe winner is preparing to go to Mexico for the Miss Universe finals. On Monday night Pulse executives gave the press the chance to view pieces of Zahra's exquisite wardrobe at the Pulse penthouse...
