Jamaica Gleaner News
Published: Monday Tuesday | January 26, 2010
Calling all principals! - Lack of leadership cited as one cause of schools' underperformance
Members of the Joint Board of Teacher Education (JBTE) say the absence of effective leadership is a major factor responsible for underperformance in severalJamaican schools.
Their concerns, expressed during a recent Gleaner Editors' Forum on teacher ed... Read More...
Concerned citizen
Dear Mr. Bassie, I am 23 years old and I live in Jamaica. The fact is I was born in England but I never lived there. However, I am now being advised I am not a British national and, therefore, not eligible to be a British citizen... Read More...
Is my husband in a bind?
Good day Mrs Walker-Huntington,I have been married to a US permanent resident for one year and three months. I live in Jamaica and he lives in the US. He is reluctant in applying for citizenship and filing for me because he had a child support case fighting... Read More...
Don't fatten your liver
The liver is the largest, heaviest and most complex internal organ in the body with many important functions.It makes bile for breaking down dietary fats, it absorbs and converts blood glucose into... Read More...
Dear counsellor - Ring of fire
Q. I was in a relationship with an older man who would have given me the world. However, the relationship lasted only 15 months. Though he was kind, he was moving too fast and he was jealous and possessive. He wanted to know my every movement... Read More...
