A leg to stand on - Amputee finds a way to make life rewarding
Kirk Thompson lost a leg, but found his niche. His meteoric rise to become a top-rate mechanic in St Thomas is nothing short of miraculous, especially as he was never formally taught the complex skills needed to repair motor vehicles...
- Superman works for Government - Smelly carpet forces worker to put in inhuman hours
- The right to hope - Inner-city women enjoy possibilities through training
- Local police unaware of Jamaican threat in Pennsylvania
- New chief of state protocol appointed
- Details of oil-ship crash to be revealed today
- Families pay tribute to Air France victims
Cellphone war hits football
The battle for control of the local telecommunications market has moved into the sporting arena with devastating impact for football in Kingston and St Andrew.The Kingston and St Andrew Football Association (KSAFA) yesterday 'red-carded' ...
- Thank God for humble beginnings
- Terror and a storm
- Relief groups ready to face storms
- Remembering a beloved sister
- Golding regrets Sangster's passing
- A true friend and a marvellous person
- Accross the nation
Cracks in JMA over cement - CCC threatens pull-out - Tank-Weld says don't be swayed by rhetoric
The rhetoric has grown more heated, placing the Jamaica Manufacturers' Association (JMA) in the middle of a duel over cement that now threatens to split the lobby group apart. In a fit of anger over the decision of the JMA to side with cement importers...
- Carreras stock costs Lascelles $2.7b
- Rockfort baths back on the market - Carib Cement to run facility again
- Gore to develop 828 homes at Florence Hall
- FSC says dealers must diversify product base - Takes issue with repo headline
- GM tipped to sell Hummer to Chinese company
- Clinton isolated on Cuba's re-entry
- Trinidad rakes in TT$21b from BP
- Mortgage company probed for alleged US$19m fraud
- China backs efforts to fight downturn - Geithner
Gayle creams Irish
LONDON, England (CMC): Explosive opener Chris Gayle single-handedly annihilated Ireland's bowling to propel West Indies to an emphatic nine-wicket win in their first official ICC World Twenty20 Championship warm-up match yesterday. The Windies skipper...
- KSAFA seeks recourse
- Navajojoe fancied to win feature
- Mental strength key to success
- Jamalco nets seventh title with late flourish
- Warner still boss, Burrell unopposed
- Cibulkova dumps Sharapova with 6-0, 6-2 whipping
- August Town, Humble Lions set to qualify
- Karters leave for Miami meet
EDITORIAL - Instilling verve at corruption commission
Judging from his public persona, Greg Christie is perhaps not the person too many people, given the choice, would pick as a friend.He seems to love a scrap, thrives on it even, and is argumentative to the point of being petty. But, oh, how we would love to clone...
LETTER OF THE DAY - Commissioner's statement relevant
The Editor, Sir: There has been an outcry about Commissioner of Police Hardley Lewin's statement that policemen must be available when and where needed or leave the force. A similar outcry came when the question was raised as to whether our new governor general...
- Fuelling division
- Bowing to the church
- Making a mountain out of a mound
- GSAT students are stressed
- Shocked and disappointed
- Refuting 'SDA hypocrisy'
- Violation of federal laws
- Science and religion
Sonny Bradshaw presents Int'l Jazz Fest line-up
On Monday night, trumpeter and Big Band leader Sonny Bradshaw presented the schedule for this year's 19th Jamaica Ocho Rios International Jazz Festival as much as the event tends to be - unpretentious, with healthy doses of modesty and humour...
- Bonsoir, everyone
- Reggae national anthem played publicly
- JARIA sensitising opposition to objectives
- Disappointing turnout for Help Jamaica charity show - But organiser not giving up
- Dove speeds off on a brand new 2009 Kawasaki bike
- Marley recruits kin for 'Family Time'
- Something extra
Smoking - Men have been duped
Nearly one billion men in the world smoke. This figure includes 35 per cent of men in developed countries and 50 per cent of men in poorer countries. Men have been duped by the portrayal of smoking as a manly habit. It is sold as a link to wealth...
- Tanny is rewarded
- Taking care of your child's itchy, dry skin
- Cherry packs in nutritional power
- Get diabetic children moving
- Health trends
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The competent human resource manager
The demand for human resource professionals in Jamaica has grown in response to the need for a positive working environment with satisfied employees, and the vital role the human resource (HR) manager plays in helping to create this dynamic...
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