Jamaica Gleaner Lead Stories
Published: Monday Wednesday | April 15, 2009
Easing the burden - Property-tax pardon available for persons affected by harsh economic times
Redundant workers and other persons being battered by the harsh economic times might be eligible for a property-tax waiver that would slash a percentage of the sum being demanded by the Government. Property taxes for the 2009/10 financial year became payable on the first... Read More...
Celebrities join the fight to save lives
Celebrities including comedienne Elva Ruddock and Miss Jamaica World 2006, Sara Lawrence, have joined the Bank of Nova Scotia in donating blood to save the lives of many Jamaicans who are in need.The Scotiabank Group has announced that it will be taking on the challenge... Read More...
Wanted - Thousands of jury notices not being served; Justice system lags
Jury duty continues to be avoided like the plague. Statistics from the 2007/2008 Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Annual Report showed thousands of Jamaicans were still guilty of scorning their civic responsibility. According to the report, 42,246 jury notices were received... Read More...
Chicken farmer hatches the spirit of resilience
At a time when the economic crunch is on and hopelessness looms, one St Catherine woman has determined that her best hope for survival is through chicken farming. Natasha Murphy represents the average rural folk and lights up the James Mountain community near Sligoville... Read More...
Tourist heads not worried about Cuba
AT LEAST one major stakeholder group in the tourism sector has shrugged off speculation that the lifting of a ban on citizens of the United States travelling to Cuba would negatively impact the local industry. Wayne Cummings, president of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association ... Read More...
Education Transformation Team hires new head
Jean Hastings, former project manager of the Primary Education Support Programme in the Ministry of Education has been appointed Project Director of the Education Transformation Team (ETT).Hastings replaced Frank Weeple who resigned from the ETT last... Read More...
Golding not asking for lenience from creditors
THE BRUCE Golding administration has indicated that it would not plead with its creditors to relax the terms of repaying its domestic debt."This Government is not insisting upon any renegotiation of our domestic debt. Read More...
Agencies to fend for themselves - Golding
A NUMBER of public sector agencies with revenue earning potential have been put on alert to find creative means to become self-sustaining by next year. Prime Minister Bruce Golding put the agencies on notice yesterday during a meeting... Read More...
Pre-schoolers to learn foreign languages come September
Parents of pre-school children who want them to acquire a foreign language will be able to do so through the Centre of Language and Culture (CLC), which is to establish a Trilingual Pre-School this September. Aline Luna Less, Director of the (CLC) said... Read More...
Trelawny councillors follow PM's lead
FALMOUTH, Trelawny: Councillors in the Trelawny Parish Council will give up five per cent of their salaries to a needy cause within the parish, in keeping with Prime Minister Bruce Golding's call for elected officials to follow his lead.In a national... Read More...
