Dear Readers: IN JANUARY, when we introduced our revamped Code of Ethics and Professionalism, we promised updates from time to time. We have named our first quality editor to police our code. This editor, Lynford Simpson, a journalist with over
The controversial Sandy Bay High School, in Clarendon, is to be ready for September and is expected to accommodate some 240 students, according to Claude Stewart, head of School Facilities and Infrastructure in the Education Transformation Team...
OFFICIALS OF the governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) and the Opposition People's National Party (PNP) could meet shortly to try to resolve the crisis surrounding the eligibility of some sitting members of parliament (MP). PNP President Portia Simpson Miller has
It is a story of love, betrayal and courage that knew no bounds.It is a romantic tale of a man loved and hated to the same extremes. Beverley Anderson-Manley describes the experiences that groomed her to become the wife of
TEMPERS FLARED and a verbal clash ensued between Government and Opposition members inside Gordon House yesterday, during Finance Minister Audley Shaw's closing presentation in the 2008/2009 Budget Debate. Shaw charged that the previous administration entered into a sweetheart deal...
Athletics great, Lord Sebastian Coe, chairman of the 2012 London Olympic Games, will visit Jamaica in late May. Lord Coe will be the guest speaker at the Salvation Army's fund-raising dinner in Kingston on May 28. Lord Coe's presentation, and
Persons with renal failure, living in Spanish Town, St Catherine, and its environs, are to benefit from a new haemodyalisis centre at the Spanish Town Hospital, equipped with seven machines, courtesy of businessman Ernest Hoo. The Katie Hoo Haemodyalisis Centre
THE NEXT few weeks promise to be more than challenging for craft vendors in Fern Gully, St Ann. A downpour of a few hours last week Thursday night altered their business stride and today they are mopping up and counting
WESTERN BUREAU: Chairman of the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), Godfrey Dyer, yesterday lauded Prime Minister Bruce Golding for being brave enough to make the decision. Dyer, a former president of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) who has been
Prime Minister Bruce Golding has confirmed a Sunday Gleaner report that his administration has given the green light for the introduction of casinos. Already, the developers of the Palmyra Resort and Spa have been given approval to construct a new
It is a story of love, betrayal and courage that knew no bounds. It is a romantic tale of a man loved and hated to the same extremes. Beverley Anderson-Manley describes the experiences that groomed her to become the wife
OSHANE CHRISTIE is 10 years old. He walks and laughs and even throws stones; not quite like everyone else though - because he is different. He has never talked and has never been to school and his mother has all
MIDDLE-INCOME Jamaicans who benefit from National Housing Trust (NHT) mortgages will pay up to 33.3 per cent more in interest rates on loans, Bruce Golding announced in his debut Budget Debate presentation as prime minister yesterday. The revised interest rate
Prime Minister Bruce Golding's government has not changed course from the previous administration's apparent affinity for high-maintenance, gas-guzzling SUVs. Documents gleaned under the Access to Information Act have shown that, since taking up the reins...
