Run on hospitals - Providers fear further freeing up of service
Undue pressure on public hospitals from the previous People's National Party (PNP) administration's policy of free health care for children is making health-care providers fearful that any further move to free up health care in public-health facilities could be disastrous.
Herb's final lap
Yesterday, Jamaica buried Olympian Herbert Henry McKenley, who was renowned for his blistering third-leg run in the mile relay in Helsinki, Finland, more than 55 years ago.Leaders within the political, sporting and...
MegaMart probes electricity tampering
The management of MegaMart Wholesale Club disclosed yesterday that it had suspended an employee, following initial investigation into the discovery by the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) of the "artificial interruption of electricity" supply to MegaMart's...
Break the silence! Talk to authorities, citizens urged, Rival gangs brokering deals that keep residents from testifying
Today, The Sunday Gleaner begins a series of articles aimed at getting people to break their silence on criminal acts, and talk to the police.
Replacing the Yallahs bridge - Government pushes ahead while experts say forget it
The Yallahs ford has been posing a problem to engineers and residents of St. Thomas for years. Though often rocky and dusty, it has been the preferred route for motorists travelling from the parish to Kingston.
US$750,000 project to assist micro-businesses
KINGSTON (JIS): Micro-businesses involved in craft and agro-processing are to benefit from a US$750,000 project, which will be implemented over the next three years by the Jamaica Business Development Centre (JBDC), according to JIS News.
Trafalgar Travel expands to Caribbean
Starting January 2008, Trafalgar Travel will begin its Caribbean expansion plans in Barbados where, last month, it sealed the deal to begin operations there. The move comes at a time when the 12-year-old company has been named the Caribbean's leading travel agency, having won the World Travel Awards 2007.
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