Please apply now! - Execs warn youths to get competitive for scarce summer jobs - Early applicants have best chances, says Scotiabank official
Jamaica's top human resource and business executives are warning students that jobs this summer will be much scarcer than before, and those that are available will be going to the youths who are most competitive. "For the summer job programmes that are out there...
8,000 'Friends of Trelawny' for New York gathering - Local investment opportunities tobe highlighted
WESTERN BUREAU: Some 8,000 current and former residents of Trelawny will congregate in New York tomorrow for the start of three days of interaction aimed at exploring business and investment opportunities for the parish, which is now at the forefront of national development...
Armed cops posted at Montego Bay airport
WESTERN BUREAU: In response to the attempted takeover of an aeroplane at the Sangster International Airport on April 19, the Ministry of National Security has posted uniformed armed police officers between the screening and aircraft facilities...
Salvation Army faces recession
Head of the Salvation Army's eastern division, Major Kervin Harry, says the year 2009 will be one of the army's "gravest", due to the sharp decline in the donations it so greatly depends upon to fund its work.
Centenarians celebrate
Centenarian Ambrozine Lindsay is quick to point out how well she feels and attributes her long life to her good Christian principles. Lindsay told The Gleaner yesterday that she is at peace with her life, which has been a fulfilling one, and now takes things one day...
Schools rescue stranded CSEC students in St Thomas
PORT ANTONIO, Portland: Torrential rain in St Thomas yesterday affected dozens of students attending Happy Grove High School in Portland, who were scheduled to sit mathematics in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) exams...
DPP looks into 'public mischief'
Former Prime Minister P.J. Patterson wants the Government to find and expose the source of erroneous information that led to controversy surrounding his recent return to the island from Cuba. Patterson's comments come on the heels of a police report, the contents...
Big turnout for Golding
MANDEVILLE, Manchester: It was a packed Golf View Hotel auditorium, and a generally respectful audience, that facilitated Prime Minister Bruce Golding's first town-hall meeting in Mandeville on Tuesday night. This, despite a boycott from the local...
BRIEFS
Classes suspended at UTech - The University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech) is advising students enrolled for the Summer Session that classes have been suspended for the remainder of this week in the Faculty of Business and Management...
Thursdaytalk - hottest topics on the cocktail circuit
Hard times 1. The recession is here and is beating the middle classes like a Category 5 hurricane. At least, that's the take of one hotelier, who said that over the Easter holidays there was a case of far more guests...