'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
THE ENTIRE BOARD of Caymanas Track Limited (CTL) has been asked to resign, high-level government sources told The Gleaner yesterday.But Don Wehby, minister with-out portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, who has responsibility for CTL...
Freeness not the problem - Health ministry will not back down from its decision to abolish user fees in hospitals
PERSONS FEARING they may again be asked to pay user fees in public hospitals, especially in these financially turbulent times, need not worry. The Ministry of Health and Environment says it has no intention of reversing the no-user-fee policy it implemented in April 2008...
A farm worker's dream - 42 leave Jamaica for US programme
Owning a house is the dream of every Jamaican. Forty-year-old Daniel Daley is working hard to achieve this dream. Daley was among the 42 workers who left the island yesterday for the United States on the Government's overseas work programme...
Prince Edward to visit Feb 2
The Earl of Wessex, Prince Edward, is scheduled to visit Jamaica on Monday, February 2, to participate in the Duke of Edinburgh's Award ceremony set for King's House.He will be attending in his capacity as international trustee of the Duke ...
High demand for skilled workers
DESPITE THE downturn in the economy, local training and placement professionals have identified areas in which demand for skilled/professional workers remains strong.Diane Lowe, University of Technology placement officer, reports there is demand for jobs in accounting...
Vivian Blake back in Jamaica
VIVIAN BLAKE, reputed leader of the notorious Shower Posse gang, returned to Jamaica yesterday. The 53-year-old Blake arrived at the Norman Manley International Airport about 12:20 p.m. after being deported from the United States. Blake was sentenced to 28 years...
Shirley to head new-look Police Service Commission
Professor Gordon Shirley, pro-vice chancellor and principal of the University of the West Indies, Mona campus, has been selected to head a new-look Police Service Commission, which is to be named shortly...
Fingerprint in King's bedroom identified
The fingerprint of the man accused of murdering 64-year-old Ambassador Peter King was found on a Guinness bottle in King's bedroom.Fingerprint expert detective sergeant Devon Harris made the disclosure Wednesday when he testified at the trial of 26-year-old Sheldon Pusey...