WE WANT WORK
FROM THE tough inner-city communities in the Corporate Area to that quiet farming district in Westmoreland, the cry for jobs has been echoing across the island.
- Big shake-up at tax department
- Prison without walls: Security analyst suggests radical crime-fighting measures
- Abandoning that 'special' child
Number of abandoned children fell in 2008
THREAT OF prosecution under the Child Care and Protection Act may be dissuading more parents from abandoning their children.
The Child Development Agency (CDA) reports a fall in the number of children abandoned in 2008 over 2007.
- Don't sack workers and blame economy - Charles
- Get 'one up' on IT certifications
- Brenda LaGrange Johnson - 'The best job in the world'
12,357 NHT mortgagors in arrears: Board meets to approve stimulus
The board of the National Housing Trust (NHT) was to meet this weekend to finalise and sign off on a programme of assistance for NHT mortgagors, a substantial number of whom have fallen into arrears in the past three months alone.
- Getting rich in a hurry, retiring early
- DBJ shortlists two investors for Montpelier lands
- Golf resorts going further upmarket
Leewards have Jamaica on the run
BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CMC):Omari Banks struck a hundred and leg-spinner Anthony Martin sliced through Jamaica's batting to leave the reigning champions on the ropes against the Leeward Islands in their first-round WICB four-day regional match...
Batting on a 'sticky dog'
To use a cricketing analogy, the Jamaican Government is batting on what, in the old days, before covered wickets, were called 'sticky dogs' - a rain-damaged pitch on which even the most gifted batsmen struggled and...
- Urban centre or a postmodern ghetto? How to revive downtown Kingston
- Media, MP and the cops
- Men on the margins, why?
The power of 'We'- Shaggy lauds teamwork for concert success
In the middle of a soiree at Orville 'Shaggy' Burrell's St Andrew home on Wednesday night, the host, standing over an elegantly decorated cake, a knife in one hand, champagne glass in the other, asked the daring question, "Who's ready to do it...
- Health Ministry thanks Shaggy
- Bustamante Hospital commends Shaggy
- Story of the Song: Tinga Stewart takes time to revive combinations
Quilts for Obama
JAMAICA'S master quilt maker, Donnette Cooper, joins a circle of celebrated artistes who will be putting on an exhibition of their work to mark the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United States of America.
Can't get enough of shaggy
At the 'Shaggy and Friends, I dare you' concert held at Jamaica House on Saturday, January 3, a wide cross section of the Jamaican public came out in a show of support for the charity of the musician's choice, Bustamante Hospital for Children.
Castro absolved by history ... almost
In 1953, Fidel Castro and his comrades-in-arms failed to overthrow the military dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista.
Gazans warned to brace for escalation of war
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP):Israeli forces pounded rocket-launching sites and smuggling tunnels in Gaza yesterday and planes dropped leaflets warning of an escalation in attacks, as Palestinian militants fired at least 15 more rockets at Israel.
Motor Sales off with a bang
WITH THE automotive sales pie cut into ever smaller fractions because of the global financial meltdown, wise money is on marketing and new products to push the remnants of last year's car...