Saving jobs - Salary cuts, social partnership to be considered as unions and employers try to prevent massive job losses
WITH JAMAICA facing the possibility of massive job cuts, trade unionists and employers are poised for an unprecedented level of cooperation in an attempt to minimise the impact.
- ... Till death (Divorce)do us part - Women under age 25 comprise more than 50% of all divorces
- Transparency needed in public-board changes
- UNICEF report findings flawed - Samms-Vaughan
Divorce cases clog judicial system
AMENDMENTS TO the Matrimonial Causes Act in September 2006 and the resulting procedural changes have caused a backlog in divorce cases filed in the Supreme Court.The clogged chamber, The Sunday Gleaner understands, is...
- Bar Association calls for more resources
- Cane associations in limbo - Divestment might mean big changes for sugar entities
- 1979 conscience vote on hanging - Slim majority kept hangman on payroll
True blue Manning Cup final
DEFENDING CHAMPIONS Jamaica College (JC) and St George's will contest this year's final of the ISSA/Pepsi/ Digicel Manning Cup following exciting semi-final victories over Bridgeport and St Andrew Technical (STATHS) respectively at the Harbour View Mini Stadium yesterday.
- Harbour View, Tivoli battle today
- St James join list of semi-finalists
- WI revival not far away - Williams
Review of redundancy law urgently needed
It seems that the Government is finally facing reality and is beginning the process of managing expectations.Last week in the Senate, Don Wehby, minister without portfolio in the finance ministry,...
Letter of the Day - Death penalty: Are MPs leaders or followers?
The Editor, SIR: I MUST commend the leadership and courage of the members of parliament (MPs), in the current debate on the retention of capital punishment in Jamaica, who have gone on record...
Roger Williams
from child prodigy to maestro
"Talent is not a problem in Jamaica," said Roger Williams, about the country's musically gifted. The unequivocal statement comes from a man who should know.
- Sledge hammers at stardom's door
- Guinness poet 'burrows' into the word
- Armando Campbell changes modelling stance
Susan Alexander's 'Jamaican Journey'
AT The end of America's 'roaring twenties' Susan Alexander was born in New York in that country. In October of that year, the Great Wall Street Crash marked the end of a vibrant period of cultural and technological revolution in the United States.
- An orgasmic read
- Letter From Laura: 'From War to Windrush' exhibition at the Imperial War Museum
- SUNDAY SAUCE: No White House mongrel
He's royal Tarrus Riley
The language of friendship is not words but meanings.- Henry David ThoreauTarrus Riley is reggae music's newest sensation.
- Raising the next Barack Obama
- Single guy looking for a decent woman
- Readers responding to 'I want a baby'
Bruce in a pickle
Bad luck, they say in Jamaica, is worse than obeah. Bruce Golding has been hit with a series of 'guzzum' events, with last weekend's marring of his party conference being only the latest.
My
down
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Scotiabank has a new man at the helm and he is busy getting used to Jamaica, his new job and meeting all the players in the banking sector. The Sunday Gleaner asked Bruce Bowen to share a little of his lighter side with us.
Obama outlines plans to create US jobs
WASHINGTON, DC (AP): President-elect Barack Obama yesterday outlined his plan to create 2.5 million jobs with public works programmes that will rebuild roads and bridges, modernise schools and create alternative energy sources."These aren't just steps to...
2008 Mercedes S350
Exquisite!
FOR THE people who can afford it, this car is about presence. Mercedes knows how to stoke emotion; they've been building their brand for more than a century. If it were for plebeians like me, the S-Class would not have a reason to exist (aside from the fact that I have perennially shallow pockets).