The Gleaner remembers Cherice Brown - 35 years of dedicated service
Cherice Brown, who worked with The Gleaner Company Ltd for more than 30 years before retiring in 2003, died at the University Hospital of the West Indies on Monday.Editor-in-chief of the newspaper, Garfield Grandison, said Brown was very committed to the journalism profession ...
NHT to give $1m solar panel loan
WESTERN BUREAU: AS PART of its thrust to play an integral role in com-munity development, the National Housing Trust (NHT) has introduced a $1 million solar panel loan, which will allow home-owners to use sun-energised electricity power supplies...
'Lifetime' Christians to be honoured
The island's six major umbrella groups and other independent churches will unite on Saturday evening to honour 15 outstanding Christians who have served God and Jamaica for four decades or more. The inaugural National Christian Lifetime Awards is owned by the Jamaica Association...
Witnesses convention starts today
The Jehovah's Witness 2008 annual convention begins today at Sabina Park in Kingston.More than 6,500 delegates from Kingston, Port Antonio, Morant Bay and St Catherine are expected to turn out for worship under the theme 'Guided by God's Spirit'...
Generating Genius launches science centre for young men
Registered charity, Generating Genius, is setting up a science centre for bright boys in poor and challenging circumstances.The innovative model will be a long-term sustainable programme, working with more than 100 students each Saturday and using...
Companies benefit from goodwill
The practice of corporate social responsibility (CSR) may impact positively on a firm's financial earnings. That is the perception of 75 per cent of 116 firms that participated in a Jamaica Employers' Federation (JEF) survey being published this month.
Golding blames external forces for failure to create jobs
Prime Minister Bruce Golding has cited the current world economic conditions as the reason for his administration's failure to generate the new jobs it had promised."The world is going through a kind of economic turbulence that it has not seen in 50...
Christiana Rotarians to establish skills centre
The Rotary Club of Christiana will be seeking to set up a skills training centre in Spaldings, Manchester, to provide tutoring in the field of hospitality. Incoming president, Lloyd Swaby, speaking at his installation ceremony in the parish last Saturday evening...
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