Jamaica Gleaner News
Published: Monday Thursday | January 22, 2009
Going up! A crowded lift
Ding! The light above the elevator flashed twice and the doors slowly opened. I was standing on the ground floor of a New Kingston office building with about nine other people, waiting to get on. As the doors slowly opened, we all inched closer to the doors.
Obama mania sweeps Yallahs
Michelle Buchanan beamed with pride and joy as she witnessed from a small classroom at Yallahs Primary School in St Thomas the historic inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United States on Tuesday...
Grange defends lease to Nationwide
GOVERNMENT HAS defended as prudent, Cabinet's move to lease the spectrum which was reserved for public broadcasting, to a private enterprise. Opposition Spokesperson on Information, Lisa Hanna, had questioned the rationale behind ...
Local commentators on Barack
Local commentators on Tuesday assessed the historic inauguration and speech of the 44th president of the United States of America, Barack Obama.
Colombia's urban stress busters a lesson for Jamaica
Jamaica can take a leaf from Bogota's efforts to radically improve its provision of public spaces and revolutionise its transportation network as a strategy for dealing with the stresses of urban life. The Colombian capital improved its public space...
Christie resigns as head of SDC
Sonia Christie, the former FirstCaribbean employee embroiled in the Trafigura Beheer saga in 2006, has resigned as executive director of the Social Development Commission (SDC). Her resignation was made effective December 12, 2008.
