Jamaica Gleaner News
Published: Monday Monday | February 1, 2010
Black millionaires - The Dyke, Dryden and Wade story
Tony Wade leads a very quiet life in rural Jamaica, in stark contrast to the grind of corporate Britain, where he's known as the United Kingdom's first black millionaire.... Read More...
'Magic knee'- Poor nations to benefit from Jamaican prosthetic invention
Although only 25 years old, Joel Sadler has pioneered a major development recognised by TIME magazine as being among its 50 best inventions of 2009.Sadler, a ecturer in mechanical engineering at Stanford University in California, developed an artificial knee... Read More...
Agri sector records growth
The Ministry of Agriculture is boasting increased gross output of 23.1 per cent for the entire agricultural sector for the fourth quarter of 2009.The ministry has said preliminary estimates indicate that there was also a 13 per cent growth in the sector... Read More...
Reconnect with nature on Animal Farm
No, it is not the animal farm in the satire that George Orwell wrote. This Animal Farm has real animals and is a real farm. It is a hidden treasure nestled in the Montpelier Hills of Hanover, and has become a getaway for nature lovers in search of a genuine paradise... Read More...
JNBS MBA paying off
Jamaica National Building Society (JNBS) executive Carlton Barclay says the Master of Business Administration programme he completed in December 2009 has already paid for itself.A chartered accountant, Barclay is JNBS' assistant general manager of... Read More...
Local gov't election delay?
Colin Fagan, the opposition spokesman on Local Government, has opined that parochial elections, which are constitutionally due by March this year, may be postponed."I have been reliably informed that the Government won't call the election. Read More...
Should I teach?
Q. I am very interested in pursuing a degree in another field of study. I am an engineer and would love to go into education. My friends all tell me that I am asking to be poor. I think we need to expand the sciences in the school... Read More...
Educating baby - is there pressure?
I'm not too bothered whether our son walks for the first time before he turns one year old, or after, because he's already solving algebra and reading Tolstoy! Once he has excellent schooling, what more could he... Read More...
Talk to kids about Haiti's quake
Anyone with at least minimal exposure to the media, is aware of the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti on Tuesday, January 12, and children are no exception.Children, through seeing the images on television, hearing... Read More...
