Bahamas seeking Caribbean graduates
MANDEVILLE, Manchester: Jamaica could be losing more tertiary trained graduates to foreign countries, thereby adding to the brain drain. Addressing the 83rd graduation of the Northern Caribbean University (NCU) yesterday, Prime Minister of The Bahamas...
Preventing extensive hurricane damage
ONE HUNDRED and three years ago an unwelcome visitor stormed up Jamaica's shores. The storm, which many later called the August Hurricane, had no name, no gender and was brutal. It came on a Monday night -August 10, 1903...
CASE making strides ... more resources needed
The College of Agriculture, Science & Edu-cation (CASE), established on October 1, 1995, continues to foster the development of the agricultural and educational fields through the delivery of first-class training programmes.
Young girls lose again
Host country Jamaica slumped to their second consecutive loss crashing to a 34 runs defeat to Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) as the West Indies Under-19 Women's Cricket tournament continued yesterday. Meanwhile, Barbados made it two from two...
Exhuming the shame of National Heroes Park
Hartley Neita, in his Gleaner column on Saturday, attempted to define the broad boundaries of National Heroes Park, inspired, we suspect, by comments in these columns lamenting the sorry state with which the Jamaican authorities have maintained...
LETTER OF THE DAY - Money is now the great equaliser
THE EDITOR, Sir: There used to be a time when education was the standard by which most people were measured and that was the preferred choice and vehicle for upward and social mobility.
Jamaica's movie industry needs help
Jamaicans have been known to do quite a few things well. While some are not as mentionable as others, the rise of Veronica Campbell and Asafa Powell continues to be the nation's best. Sean Paul, Elephant Man, Junior Gong, among others, are continuing...
Terri-Karelle Griffith - Reflections of a Queen
I still pinch myself at the thought. It seems like just yesterday I was going through the motions and preparations never imagining for a second that I would be the next queen. All sorts of emotions ran through my head and body - joy...
BARBADOS: Arthur weds ex-assistant
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): Prime Minister Owen Arthur and his former executive assistant Julie Price exchanged wedding vows during a private ceremony held late Saturday. Family members and close friends of the couple, numbering well over 100...
