New school software coming soon
Education Minister Andrew Holness has announced plans to roll out the Jamaica Schools Administrative System (JSAS) software in more than 600 schools islandwide.This, he said, is to equip administrators with the tools to make informed decisions regarding...
Nurse gives vagrants a 'second home'
WESTERN BUREAU:Mentally ill and homeless persons are often shunned and misunderstood, but nurse administrator at the Committee for the Upliftment of the Mentally Ill (CUMI), Joy Crooks, believes they can be fully...
Agri ministry needs proactive approach
Permanent secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Donovan Stanberry, has said that while crop insurance is critical to the agricultural sector, individuals need to play a proactive role in their approach to disasters...
Hanover fires blaze records
There has been a more than 300 per cent increase in fires in Hanover from January to May. According to superintendent in charge of that fire division, Paul Hibbert, the dramatic increase was due to the number of bush fires ...
Bartlett lashes UK flight tax
LONDON, England: Prime Minister Bruce Golding and Tourism Minister Ed Bartlett met with British Members of Parliament in London Wednesday in an effort to increase the lobby against the imminent increase in air passenger duty (APD).Among the MPs was Diane...
'Turn crises into chances'
Chief Executive officer (CEO) of Manpower and Maintenance Services (MMS), Audrey Hinchcliffe, is encouraging Jamaicans to find opportunities in the current global economic crisis."Great difficulties are linked to great opportunities, so we need to learn...
Dear counsellor - 'Children are gifts from God'
How dare you say children are a burden? They are a burden to people who have them and did not mean to have them - mistakes.
Students encouraged to prepare for working world
Principal of Garvey Maceo High School in Clarendon, Valda Gayle, has urged students to make use of academic opportunities now available to adequately prepare for the future. "Students who are not working as hard as they ought, I would say to them that...
Fired up for disasters
Hundreds of youths have completed a four-week training programme in emergency manage-ment and mitigation at the National Youth Service (NYS) training site, Chestervale campus, St Andrew. Packages and awards were presented to the 275 graduates...
Help for sickle-cell disease
Belatedly, Sickle-cell disease is now being given some of the global attention it both needs and deserves and June 19, 2009 was recognised as the first Sickle-cell Disease World Day. Sickle-cell disease is an inherited disease in which haemoglobin...