Everything Jamaican

Public-sector workers, worried about their jobs in light of the planned modernisation process, will have to wait until late this year to find out if they will be sent home.It could be another two to three months before the country even knows how many… More: continued here

Two of the most notorious criminal networks operating in the Corporate Area, the Stinger and the Rat Bat gangs, are the focus of the latest curfew imposed by the security forces…. More: continued here

As part of The Gleaner’s focus on agriculture, from day to day we use this weekly column to raise issues from the perspective of products or people in the sector. Today, I am a 13-year-old boy still… More: continued here

A teenage householder escaped death after a water truck smashed into a house in Top Hill, St Catherine, yesterday, However, the driver, 49-year-old Franklyn Hunter, also from Top Hill, sustained injuries to his head… More: continued here

The opening of The Captain’s Bakery and Grill in Ocho Rios, St Ann, in three weeks’ time will see the creation of 70 new jobs in the parish, a move welcomed by new president of the St Ann Chamber of Commerce, Kumar… More: continued here

A cross-fertilisation of state-of-the-art technology and the ability of Jamaicans to be inventive – as in ‘tun yuh han mek fashion’ – is taking root at the Christiana Potato Growers’ Cooperative in Manchester…. More: continued here

ONE LOCAL transport operator who has accumulated at least two tickets per day within a two-year period has not been paying the fines. Transport Minister Mike Henry told Parliament yesterday the driver has accumulated more than 1,500 tickets… More: continued here

THE GOVERNMENT is planning to roll out an ambitious information communication platform aimed at significantly reducing the amount of money the State now pays for telephone calls.Daryl Vaz, the minister without portfolio in the Office of the Prime… More: continued here