MAJ to press for reform of libel, slander laws
NEW MEDIA Association of Jamaica (MAJ) chairman, Gary Allen, says moni-toring the review of the country's libel and slander laws will be one of the main objectives in a busy year for his administration. In March last year, a Government-appointed committee led by Justice Hugh Small...
JSIF to the rescue
More help is coming for traditional banana-growing communities hard hit by the recent contraction in the sector. The European Union (EU), which has already committed billions of dollars to the diversification of the ailing banana industry, has approved a further grant...
Join the debate!
In a recent letter, R. Howard Thompson of Munro College in St Elizabeth argued that the playing field is not level, hence the argument for performance-based pay for teachers is flawed. Here's an excerpt from his letter. Do you agree? Email us...
New approach to reduce pineapple importation
In an effort to reduce the number of pineapples being imported, the Government has launched an initiative to introduce a new variety of the fruit which better fulfils the demands of processors. Last year, the country spent more than $160 million on pineapple...
Cane production up, says minister
Though the Frome Sugar Factory is currently operating at almost half its capacity with roughly four months remaining in the crop season, Dr Christopher Tufton, minister of agriculture, is optimistic that 2008/09 sugar cane production ...
Latin Americans face job cuts
LIMA, Peru (AP):As many as 2.4 million Latin Americans could lose their jobs this year because of the global economic crisis, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) warned yesterday.The global slowdown will reverse last year's gains across...
Nicaraguan press freedom threatened
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP):The Nicaraguan government's aggressive actions against journalists are threatening press freedoms in the country, the president of the Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) warned. Enrique Santos was in Nicaragua yesterday...
Tying the knot by civil registrar
While most couples have traditional weddings, others go the route of taking the plunge through a civil registrar at the Registrar General's Department.If the marriage does not take place within three months of the date that the civil registrar's certificate ...
Grade 4 students to sit literacy test in June
The Ministry of Education's Competence-based Transition Policy, which will ensure that every child progressing to secondary school is literate, will come into effect in June this year. Senior Director of Human Resource and Modernisation in the Ministry...