Leaders arrive for Men on a Mission
Dr Alvin Curling is scheduled to arrive in Jamaica on Thursday for Jamaica's national men's conference, titled 'COVENANT: Jamaica's Men on a Mission'. Dr Curling, a Jamaican, and former member of parliament of the Province of Ontario, Canada, will be a principal speaker at the conference...
Government of Jamaica prepares for hospital rush - Patient load increase expected in April when hospital fees are abolished
Government is taking steps to ensure a smooth transition at all public hospitals and health centres in anticipation of an increase in patient load come April, when hospital user fees will be abolished for all patients.Minister of Health and Environment Rudyard Spencer and State Minister Aundré Franklyn...
Judge teaches convict a lesson
PORT MARIA, ST MARY: A man who was charged with illegal possession of ganja was sentenced to 10 days, imprisonment when he appeared in the Port Maria Resident Magistrat's Court last Thursday. The accused, Ricardo Sinclair, resident of Galina district in St Mary, was arrested and charged during...
Skills training review needed - Golding
Prime Minister Bruce Golding has instructed the HEART Trust/National Training Agency (NTA ) to collaborate with Jamaica Trade and Invest to review the country's projected skills training requirements, against a background of changing and dynamic business and investment opportunities....
Widow owed $250k in damages from funeral home
The Court of Appeal has ruled that damages can be assessed in the Supreme Court in the suit brought by Elaine Dotting against the Spanish Town Funeral Home because of its failure to pay the full settlement agreement before the agreed date. Dotting threatened to sue the funeral home...
Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) scrapping express service
Come next Monday commuters will pay less for express service on Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) buses due to a decision by the company's management to discontinue the bus service.Lenworth Simms, marketing and sales manager at the JUTC, told The Gleaner...
The hidden benefits of redundancy
These are not the days when companies are loyal to employees. Long gone are the days when you served for 40 years in one job, retired and were given the proverbial gold watch and a handshake as you went off into the sunset of your retirement. Today, companies are savagely profit-driven...
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