Holness' target - Minister wants performance-based contracts to help end illiteracy by 2015
Education Minister Andrew Holness says Government plans to introduce performance-based contracts for principals as part of an effort to eliminate illiteracy at the primary level. Though unable to say just when the contracts would be put in effect, Holness said...
- 'Sav', a story of resilience
- The chemist - Savanna-la-Mar is BIG on water
- The humanitarian - A south coast angel
Report pink mealy bug sightings - Tufton
Agriculture Minister Dr Christopher Tufton is pleading with individuals to report sightings of the pink hibiscus mealy bug (PHM) in an effort to decrease the threat that the invasive pest poses to the Jamaican economy. "It is important for us to understand...
Tax delayed on rent allowance
The Government has delayed the taxing of rental allowances that was scheduled to take effect on July 1.According to the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, the new implementation date is August 1. The development comes hours ...
Gay: Bolt is King but only until Berlin
Tyson Gay says he has nothing but respect for Jamaican Usain Bolt as the two gear up to compete at this week's London Grand Prix. Gay, 27, lavished praise on the achievements of 100M and 200M world record holder Bolt, claiming the Olympic champion was the man to beat...
- Jamaica off to Swimming World Championships
- World Championships history on the horizon? - Isa Phillips is shaping up to be the first Jamaican to take gold in a 400 metres hurdles event
- Powell on the improve - MVP president
EDITORIAL - What Sir Shridath must do
There are few people with a keener sense of being West Indian than Sir Shridath Ramphal and who understand the place of cricket on the region's psyche or as a metaphor for something greater than our individual selves. In that regard, Sir Shridath, a Guyanese national...
LETTER OF THE DAY - Give us a break, Mr Mayor
The Editor, Sir: The mayor of Kingston Desmond McKenzie must be commended for his efforts to bring some semblance of order to the Kingston metropolis and especially the flow of traffic on our streets. But even as motorists must dig deep in their pockets....
Expect the unexpected - Free-spirited Hilson says expect the unexpected
When producer Polow Da Don asked American singer/songwriter Keri Hilson which producer she believed would take her where she wanted to be as an artiste, she had no idea that destiny had come knocking at her door - and in the form of hit-maker Timbaland...
- Millicent Graham launches 'The Damp in Things'
- Festival activities launched in the west
- Something extra
Margaritas,anyone?
Did you know Jamaica plays home to the biggest Margaritaville in the world? And it's not the one on the Hip Strip in Montego Bay. In February 2002, Margaritaville Ocho Rios opened, bringing the magic of 52 flavours of margaritas and the eternal happy-hour philosophy...