High alert - Government of Jamaica says prepared for swine-flu threat
With the current swine-flu outbreak, which has seen hundreds of people infected in Mexico, the United States and other countries, close to becoming a pandemic, the Ministry of Health has urged persons with flu-like symptoms to stay at home and consult a doctor immediately...
'I'm an eternal optimist'
Today The Gleaner presents the conclusion of an interview with police commissioner Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin just over a year after his first year as the chief constable. Part one was published yesterday. Policy direction is key, what's your take on the national security ministry...
New security initiative for Newport West
Three stakeholder associations operating in the port community have partnered with the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) and SAL Security Services to increase security presence within Newport West (NPW). The three associations, the Shipping Association of Jamaica (SAJ)...
Jamaica poised after massive win
Jamaica's Under-16 netballers registered their fourth consecutive victory in the Jean Pierre Caribbean Championships, hammering Barbados 54-19 at the Leila Robinson Courts late yesterday evening.In the evening's other games, Trinidad and Tobago defeated St Lucia 40-26 ...
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EDITORIAL - Strategic thinking at Mona
Professors Nigel Harris and Gordon Shirley understand clearly that old notions of universities as mere academic cloisters, unsullied by enterprise, are no longer sustainable - not in these tough economic times. They have been demonstrating this grasp...
LETTER OF THE DAY - A conflicted Budget presentation
The Editor, Sir: Many of us would be familiar with street vendors who would parade downtown, especially King Street and Orange Street selling what, from a glance, looks like authentic gold bracelets and bangles and at prices you just can't believe to be true....
Take Me Away a mixed bag
Members of the large audience at the Cable and Wireless (C&W) Golf Academy, New Kingston, stood three times without being asked and it was a good indication of how the fifth annual Jamaica National Take Me Away developed on Sunday night....
Chefs fêted in Norway
Joint first-place winners of the Seafood from Norway Culinary Challenge 2009, Colin Hylton of Guilt Trip and Anthony Miller of Couples Swept Away Negril, spent last week in Norway, in fulfilment of the grand prize they received from the Culinary Challenge...
Obama: Swine flu not cause for alarm
WASHINGTON D.C., (AP): President Barack Obama said yesterday that the threat of spreading swine flu infections is a cause for concern but "not a cause for alarm", while customs agents began checking for illness in people traveling to the United States...