The makings of a Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Cabinet
The night of Monday, September 3 will bring an end to all speculations as to which of the two major political parties will receive the nod from the electorate and proceed to name a Cabinet to run the affairs of the country. If the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) forms the next administration...
Eastern Hanover: Improvement in tourism not enough
In Eastern Hanover, a constituency which statistics show is rife with unemployment, citizens say the candidate taking up the mantle as Member of Parliament after election day will have to address that problem with a sense of urgency, and revamp agriculture....
North Western Manchester: Hilly terrain causes water problems
The constituency of Manchester North Western is said to be one of the largest in Jamaica and is bordered by Troy in Trelawny to the north, Greenvale in Central Manchester to the east, Dunrobin and Pepper in St. Elizabeth to the south and Hibernia in Manchester and Epping Forest...
Arson-hit school to restart on time
WESTMORELAND: The administrative department of the Sir Clifford Campbell Primary School in Westmoreland, which was destroyed by the work of arsonist earlier this month, is scheduled to be up and running by the commencement of the new school year.
East Rural St Andrew - Development desired
The constituency of East Rural St.Andrew is large and varied. Comprising five electoral divisions, the north is dominated by the foothills of the Blue Mountains in Gordon Town and Mavis Bank divisions. The Kintyre division is sandwiched between these divisions...
North Central Clarendon - Road woes hurt constituency's agriculture
The North Central Clarendon constituency consists of three parish council divisions - Chapelton, Rock River and Mocho. There are 92 polling divisions in the constituency; Chapelton has 40, Rock River has 29 and Mocho 23. In the 2002 general election...
Packaging woes hurting rice output
Derrick Nembhard, managing director at Jamaica Rice Milling, has sought to dispel reports that there is a shortage of the staple food item in the country. Mr. Nembhard told The Gleaner on Wednesday that rice was in stock at the company but the establishment....
Court orders followers to yield control of Ethiopian Orthodox Church
The 1992 split in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church in Jamaica has finally been resolved by the Supreme Court. Mr. Justice Donald McIntosh has ordered the followers of the late Archbishop Abuna Yesehaq, who were running the church over the last 15 years, to hand over control...
Prisons reeling after hurricane
Hurricane Dean recently left the Correctional Services - comprising 33 facilities - nursing damage estimated at $59 million in its wake. Major Richard Reese, commissioner of corrections, told The Gleaner: "We completed ourrapid damage assessment one day after the storm...
'Dean' whips banana, vegetable production
Preliminary reports from the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), on the effects of Hurricane Dean on the agriculture sector, show that banana and vegetable production were the most affected. Banana production in the main growing areas...
'Stop charging fees at the primary level'
Education Minister Maxine Henry-Wilson yesterday warned primary school administrators who continue to charge fees for children at the primary level to desist. "Primary education is supposed to befully covered by the Government. We have had unfortunate instances where some principals...
Whither research for development?
Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) are the drivers of economies worldwide.The mettle of countries are judged on criteria such as the number of patents generated, the enabling policies and incentives in place as well as the resource base - human, financial and physical.
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