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New ambassador to China appointed

admin — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 01:10:32 +0000

COURTNEY Rattray, a director with the foreign ministry, has been appointed ambassador to the People’s Republic of China.

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Mental strength during crisis - Leaders caught in high-stress occupations

admin — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 02:10:17 +0000

WITH THE global financial crisis taking a swipe at Jamaica, political leaders are facing tough decisions head-on.Last week, Prime Minister Bruce Golding admitted that the economic meltdown would affect some of Jamaica’s…

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CRISIS ABROAD - OPPORTUNITY ‘A YAAD’

admin — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:10:08 +0000

IF YOU are hoping that the roads in the community will be repaired this fiscal year, financial analysts advise that you prepare for a bumpy ride.

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Elderly under siege - Assault cases include rape, stabbings, beatings

admin — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 02:10:48 +0000

THEY SHOULD be among the most respected in our society, but a high number of the nation’s seniors - 65 years and over - are turning up at public hospitals with severe injuries inflicted by other people.

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Give more incentives to farmers

admin — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 01:10:31 +0000

Financial stakeholders, speaking at a Gleaner Editors’ Forum at the newspaper’s North Street offices recently, offered the following suggestions to government:”We need to take [control] of our own destiny and part of that is ensuring that we can feed…

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The PNP’s road to renewal - Trouble at the root

admin — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 01:10:29 +0000

STILL SMARTING from the recent stinging criticisms of its group system, the People’s National Party (PNP) has drafted several constitutional changes designed to stamp out the practice of…

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Small deeds of kindness

admin — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 03:10:51 +0000

WHILE the country reels in response to the spate of gruesome violence against the most vulnerable members of our society, there are still groups across the nation which, without fanfare, are doing small acts of kindness for…

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‘Bellevue a human warehouse’ Psychiatrist wants hospital closed

admin — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 03:10:05 +0000

DR WENDEL Abel, head of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of the West Indies, Mona, has called for the clo-sure of the country’s largest and longest-running mental…

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Shaw rests, Wehby and Nelson take charge

admin — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 02:10:04 +0000

MINISTERS WITHOUT portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Don Wehby and Dwight Nelson, have been given the charge to manage the country’s macroeconomic programme, at least in the short term, until portfolio minister Audley Shaw returns from a few days’ rest.

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Manchester, the untold story (Pt 2)

admin — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:10:53 +0000

“With the good comes the bad”, goes the famous adage. In the case of modern-day Manchester, the issues having the most negative impact are those relating to poorly planned development, poor land utilisation and a serious lack of awareness about environmentally sustainable practices by many locals and visitors alike.

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