Changing Jamaica's fortunes - Silver Pen winner tries to put island on new path
Ainsley Henriques is bringing new meaning to the term 'thinking outside the box', and his creativity has been recognised by The Gleaner as he copped the Silver Pen award for March. In his letter to the editor entitled 'Economic paradigm shift needed'...
Land bypass - Process to amend Crown Property law under way
If the Cabinet has its way, the Land Divestment Advisory Committee will no longer have a say in the divestiture of state-owned houses and certain categories of land. Last Monday, Cabinet placed its seal of approval on further amendments to the Crown Property...
Scotia brightens up Calabar walls
Labour Day was officially observed yesterday, but the Scotiabank volunteers at the Victoria and Blake branch did not wait till then to spearhead a facelift in central Kingston, where the branch is located...
New chapter for Shortwood Basic - Optimist Club kick-starts library project for school
The friendly faces of the children, their eager eyes and the heart-warming greetings that they bring to the Optimist Club of Barbican Pines are what kept the group committed to fulfilling a promise that was made nine years ago, to build a library for the Shortwood...
Court clears property transfer despite claims of debt-dodging
The Court of Appeal has set aside a Supreme Court ruling that a property in Golden Acres, St Catherine, was transferred to family members to defeat the execution of a $6 million judgment debt. Supreme Court Judge Courtney Daye had ordered that the transfer...
NSWMA clears Hanover's streets of derelict vehicles
Approximately 128 derelict vehicles were removed from the streets of Hanover by the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) in April. According to the NSWMA's public cleansing officer for the western region, Oraldo Anderson, Hanover leads...
Cayman Islands defends offshore tax policies
WASHINGTON (CMC): The head of the Cayman Islands Financial Services Association has told American lawmakers that his country is getting a bad rap from the United States (US) over its offshore tax policies."What does trouble us to the point...
Solutions from Jamaica's private-sector leaders
The Jamaica Employers' Federation (JEF), the organisation representing the interests of employers in their relationship with Government and organised labour and which represents more than 300 corporate and individual members, held its 27th annual...
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Dear Counsellor - I feel so guilty
Q. I am a 14-year-old girl who is depressed. My mother went overseas to work for a year and I have to be doing all the housework, and my brother does nothing. In addition, there was a rumour at school that my father...
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Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi will testify today at her trial for allegedly violating terms of her house arrest as the prosecution's withdrawal of its nine remaining witnesses suggested the military...