Mountain of taxes - Petrojam's unpaid bills reach $4.9 billion - Refinery asking Government to waive $2.61b
IMAGINE A mountain of unpaid taxes so high that, if collected, would be more than sufficient to conduct the day-to-day activities of the Ministry of Justice.Now, think of a request for a tax waiver, the desired amount being so huge it could nearly run ...
Cabinet to discuss send-off for Lady B
Cabinet is today expected to consider arrangements for the funeral of Lady Gladys Maud Bustamante, widow of National Hero Sir Alexander Bustamante.Lady Bustamante died Saturday afternoon in the Tony Thwaites Wing of the University Hospital of the West...
Remembering Lady B - 'A stalwart in the labour movement'
Vice-chancellor Emeritus of the University of the West Indies, Professor Rex Nettleford, yesterday paid tribute to Lady Bustamante, who died Saturday at age 97. She was the widow of Jamaica's first prime minister, Sir Alexander Bustamante...
Honours and awards
Many honours were bestowed on Lady B in recognition of her exemplary service to Jamaica. A grateful nation conferred on her the high honour of Order of Jamaica in 1979. Ten years earlier, in 1969, Venezuela awarded her its prestigious Golden Orchid...
Twilight years
Originally a Moravian - it was her attendance at the Church of the Redeemer at the intersection of Duke and North streets in Kingston which first brought her to the notice of Sir Alexander...
Adventists reach out to Central Village
The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Jamaica, through its central region covering St Catherine, Clarendon, and Man-chester, is planning to have a special outreach on the afternoon of August 1 in Central Village near Spanish Town which, over the past...
Class Acts: Barracks Road Primary
Send photos from your graduation ceremonies in June or July, along with detailed captions, and we will publish them. Email to editor@gleanerjm.com or drop off at 7 North Street, Kingston....
Hope multiplied by math camp
Hope: the feeling that what is wanted can be had. That's the only way to describe the various facets of the Hope Mathematics Camp. The camp, which caters to inner-city children from non-traditional high schools in the Corporate Area...
DPP to make decision in Fullerton case November
The Director of Public Prosecutions is to make a decision on November 6 as to whether she will pursue the case against Henry Fullerton, former head of the failed Caldon Merchant Bank. Fullerton appeared in the Corporate Area Resident ...
Parents empowering children for improved literacy
In our last article we reiterated that the home has a critical role to play in raising literacy levels. Tips were given on how to establish a home-school partnership for improved literacy performance of the nation's children...
19-year veteran is Nurse of the Year
Anthonette Patterson, a 19-year veteran of the nursing profession, is the Nurse of the Year for 2009/2010. Patterson, who works at the Kingston Public Hospital, out-stripped her colleagues to take the crown on Saturday at the annual Nurse of the Year...