POSH HOMES FOR PENNIES - Public officials pay cheap rentals for state houses in upscale areas
While rental for privately owned housing is going through the roof, government-owned houses in up-market neighbourhoods are being rented below market rates to dozens of public officials, including several Members of Parliament of the governing People's National Party.
Battle for classes - JLP grabs at working-class voters, PNP keeps middle-income electors
The Opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) has improved its chances for the August 27 election by grabbing a crucial five percentage points in electoral support among working-class electors between mid-June and mid-July, according to the latest Gleaner-commissioned Bill Johnson poll results.
Performance-based pay to lift education quality - JEF
If the Jamaica Employers' Federation(JEF) had its way, Jamaican teachers would be speedily placed in a pay-for-performance scheme as one strategy to improve the quality of students leaving the education system.
Living is easy with Jamaican Government as landlord
A cursory look at last Sunday's Gleaner real-estate listings suggests that some public officials are getting accommodations rentals at 'bargain' prices. This comes against the background of revelations that several public officials are paying below-market rent for state-owned houses located in upmarket areas of the Corporate Area.
... JLP protests cheap housing for some officials
In the absence of a policy to govern the rental of state-owned properties, high-ranking officials of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) are protesting the preferential rates enjoyed by official to the governing People's Party (PNP).
Political Ad Watch - PNP nah change course
Maybe it's the celebratory mood around Eman-cipation and Independence holidays but both the governing People's National Party (PNP) and the opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) have been having heavy rotations on radio of new campaign songs that seem to capture the spirit of the period.
Whose side is Seaga on?
There is a political rumour mill, which has been very active over the past month and the degree of deviousness with which it is operating can only be because it has a deliberate design to damage the reputation of my husband, Edward Seaga.
Losing paradise - Negril's beaches eroding
Welcome to the beaches of Negril, one of Jamaica's most natural tourist resorts, boasting seven miles of sand along parts of the coastline of Westmoreland and Hanover. It's irie paradise to many, but years of use by locals and tourists, and natural occurrences are now taking their toll upon one of the island's most prized possessions.
A gesture for peace
The heads of the youth arms of the two major political parties endorsed the praise-and-worship service held in Spanish Town yesterday for candidates in the upcoming general election.
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