'Save our jobs' - Berger workers take 20% pay cut
IN A MOVE to save their jobs, workers at Berger Paints Jamaica Limited have agreed to a 20 per cent reduction in basic salary. This comes against the background of several local companies implementing cost-cutting measures, including staff redundancy, in response to the global...
- Racing board to go
- Freeness not the problem - Health ministry will not back down from its decision to abolish user fees in hospitals
- A farm worker's dream - 42 leave Jamaica for US programme
Child-care worker wins Digicel car in St Ann
Talk about luck! Roselyn Jarrett, a 43-year-old child-care worker of Cascade, St Ann, was the lucky winner in Digicel's Mini motorcar giveaway for that parish. "I'm just overwhelmed; I just thank God," Jarrett told The Gleaner. She took a few moments to compose herself....
- Foreigners to pay more for services at passport office
- Rush to US schools - Carib immigrants flock to Florida career schools for jobs in health care
- Jealous boyfriend found guilty of manslaughter
Serious Foods in administration
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Jamaica Producers Group (JP) has placed the United Kingdom subsidiary that accounts for more than 70 per cent of its sales into administration - a sort of bankruptcy protection - but says that it wants to sell Serious Foods as a going concern. With its impending full exit...
- Guardian Life suffers loss from sugar job cuts
- Shaw promises curtailment of forex market
- Rohan Barnett takes a hot seat - New FSC head to lead cautious change
Kensington showdown - Jamaica, Barbados meet in top-of-the-table clash
Champions Jamaica and Barbados will renew their age-old rivalry when they clash in a top-of-the-table contest at Kensington Park in the fourth round of the 2009 WICB Four-Day Championships. The teams, who have over the years treated fans to some breathtaking cricket...
- Jamaica's Ruddock, Brooks, Dixon for Millrose Games
- Take The Red Skull
- Federer, Serena march into Aussie Open finals
EDITORIAL - Vernamfield project does not seem feasible
Mike Henry, the transport and works minister, could not be accused, at least with credibility, of being a man lacking in ideas.Which is good in these times in an administration that has so far failed to offer the country the kind of visionary leadership...
LETTER OF THE DAY - Gov't must protect, not arm citizens
The Editor, Sir: Just as the saying goes, an eye for an eye will leave the whole world blind, so too a gun in most people's hands will leave us all dead or at least nursing gunshot wounds.It is quite understandable the frustration that people feel because ...
Different cultures on parade
At least for one night, the Courtleigh Auditorium was transformed into a version of the United Nations General Assembly. The place came alive on Tuesday as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade hosted a cultural evening. The lobby areas had booths ...