Docs lose patience - Little job security - Unattractive salary - Many forced to migrate
After spending years in medical school and accumulating millions of dollars in debt, some medical doctors are operating without security of tenure and are being called casual labourers, according to Dr.Alverston Bailey, president of the Medical Association of Jamaica (MAJ)...
Prime Minister outlines ambitious western agenda
Western Bureau: Repeating much of her budget promises, Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller yesterday outlined an ambitious development agenda for western Jamaica, which includes improved water supply, roads, electricity, housing and agriculture...
School nurses not qualified - NAJ
The Nurses' Association of Jamaica (NAJ) is concerned that the majority of school nurses are not qualified for the job. NAJ president Edith Allwood Anderson says, by medical standards, only registered nurses should be employed in schools....
Gift of prophecy - Revealed unto us by His Spirit
"As it is written, eye hath not seen nor ear heard, neither has it entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him. But God hath revealed them unto us by His Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea the deep things of God." (1 Corinthians 2:9-10).
Major scandal looming out west
WESTERN BUREAU: A MAJOR scandal could be on the horizon in western Jamaica's football, as The Gleaner has been reliably informed that the Area One Fraud Squad has been called in to investigate a series of suspicious transactions involving the accounts...
Business community urged to back justice system reform
Justice Hugh Small, Q.C., yesterday urged the business community to take a more proactive role in advocating for and supporting the reform of the justice system. The former Minister of Finance was speaking at yesterday's first Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica....
Ombudsman, party leaders to meet again
A very reluctant Political Ombudsman, Bishop Herro Blair, yesterday refused to disclose why he has convened another meeting with the leaders of the nation's two main political parties. The meeting, set for tomorrow, will be the second time since this...
|
