Three-time champion prevails
Three-time parish champion, Danial McPherson, on Tuesday won the Porland parish final of The Gleaner's Children's Own Spelling Bee competition at the Port Antonio Baptist Church. By virtue of this victory, Danial, a student of Titchfield High...
Mills makes it 10 for Ocho Rios Primary
IT WAS an Ocho Rios Primary showdown at the St Ann parish finals of The Gleaner's Children's Own Spelling Bee at the St Ann Parish Church on Wednesday.Daviesh Mills and Sajaey Harrison survived the rounds to take first and second place, respectively...
Samantha stampedes to first place
On her first attempt, she was second, then sixth, but the third time did it for Samantha Rhule. The 11-year-old took the St Mary leg of The Gleaner's Children's Own Spelling Bee parish finals on Wednesday at the Emmanuel Baptist Church in the capital....
'This is a buyer's market' - Yesawich
Orlando, Florida: As an uncertain future grips the tourism sector, experts are convinced that Americans will continue to travel because they are going to "trade down, not out". The United States market remains Jamaica's strongest, with the island reporting close....
Government of Jamaica to seek compromise on teachers' salary
It now seems certain that public sector teachers will not have their salaries increased to 80 per cent of what is paid in the private sector this year.To increase teachers' salaries to the 80 per cent of market value, the Government would have to find...
How beauty becomes the beast - Gov't plans development, people ask for whom
There have been many plans over the years to revive Portland as a tourist destination. They have included the improvement of major attractions; the erection of appropriate signs at major entrances to the towns, roadways and places of interest, as well as the creation ...
'JIS advisory board has no authority in law or policy' - Medley
The following is a statement issued yesterday by Huntley Medley, the former chief executive officer of the Jamaica Information Service. Despite my genuine desire to avoid a protracted debate on the matter, I am compelled to refute the suggestion,...
Regional farmers urged to capitalise on US meltdown
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent: More Caribbean countries should capitalise on the downturn in the United States economy by boosting farm production, a regional agriculture minister said Wednesday.Lawrence Cartwright, the agriculture minister for The Bahamas...
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