Archive for January, 2009

The following is the first in a series of stories on graduates of the Jamaican Foundation for Lifelong Learning (JFFL) who have overcome great odds to become successful professionals.

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A VETERAN international airline executive has given the management of Air Jamaica high marks for the new business plan announced last week.

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ANOTHER FEATHER was tucked neatly into the already well-decorated hats of Maurice William Facey and Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart yesterday, as the University of Technology (UTech) conferred honorary degrees on both men.

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LABOUR AND Social Security Minister Pearnel Charles has disclosed plans to set up a social-security net to provide displaced workers with unemployment benefits.

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HUNDREDS OF Jamaicans are being put at risk daily by drivers operating cars and buses identified as public-passenger vehicles (PPP) but who do not have the necessary licences to do so.

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“The impact of this global recession is increasingly being felt in Jamaica; we have serious problems with the bauxite industry for the simple reason that 50 per cent of the bauxite that is produced throughout the world is utilised in the automobile…

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CONSULTANT FORENSIC pathologist Dr Ere Seshaiah testified yesterday that there were eight fatal wounds on the body of 64-year-old Ambassador Peter King.He said a great degree of force was used to inflict those injuries.Sheldon Pusey, 26, is charged with…

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AT LEAST 157 medical practitioners and two midwives have signed a petition rejecting the recommendations of the Abortion Policy Review Advisory Group.The group comprises obstetricians, gynaecologists, paediatricians…

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