AMID CHALLENGES such as poor attendance, lateness and absenteeism, the shift system-operated McAuley Primary School on Windsor Road in Spanish Town has been a beacon of light with much cause for optimism.
Appliance Traders Ltd (ATL) Group has made its first public statement on a fraud investigation involving former director Patrick Lynch.In a statement yesterday, Dmitri Singh, attorney for ATL Group, said: "This exercise with Patrick Lynch is certainly...
A HINT by the Government that it is considering the imposition of duties on imported raw materials has riled a key player in the manufacturing sector, who declared yesterday that the country would be "shut down" should the proposal come to fruition...
Scotiabank executive Vice-President Anya Schnoor has suggested that the tourism sector be fused with other industries in Jamaica's wider economy. Schnoor noted that such a move should be a top priority among the island's leaders, as the tourism sector ...
Influential Business leader Richard Byles is calling for the Government to utilise expertise within the private sector for the benefit of the country. Speaking at the relaunch of The Gleaner's 10-year-old Editors' Forum series, Byles, president and chief...
Poor Grade Four Literacy Test performances, as well as inadequate programmes for students requiring special intervention, are among several issues up for discussion at the Ministry of Education's Special Education...
The Commission of enquiry into the Dudus-Manatt imbroglio retreated from the media glare, early yesterday afternoon, to have discussions with attorneys representing witnesses in a bid to iron out wrinkles relating to the unavailability of persons ...
As the Cabinet prepares to enter its annual retreat, The Gleaner invited private-sector leaders to give their proposals on how the country can be made better.Marlene Street-Forrest - general manager of the Jamaica Stock...
With the current International Monetary Fund (IMF) agreement slated to end in 2012, the CEO of Scotia DBG Investments Limited is advising the Government to explore a longer-term arrangement with the lending...
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Evadne Coye, appeared to buckle under piercing cross-examination from Oliver Smith, the attorney representing Solicitor General Douglas Leys, during...
Education is needed to stimulate job creation along with the country's economic growth and, financial expert Anya Schnoor strongly insists, sacrifices must be made for this invaluable sector...
WESTERN BUREAU:A MAN police intelligence has linked to the guns and ammunition seized in an operation in Montego Bay, St James, on Tuesday, was nabbed at the Sangster International Airport later in the day as he reportedly...
Patrick Lynch, retired director of finance and planning of the Sandals Group, has told the Financial Services Commission (FSC) that he is at a loss as to why his house was raided by the police as part of a fraud investigation.Lynch, who is also a former...
WELL-KNOWN ARCHITECT and developer from the Cayman Islands, Burns Conolly, has been doing some hunting for information in a quest to finish a book his father started before passing away.
Citing serious irregularities and impropriety in the proposed deal, the Office of the Contractor General (OCG) yesterday strongly recommended that Prime Minister Bruce Golding halt the sale of Sandals Whitehouse Hotel to Gordon 'Butch' Stewart's Gorstew...
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW BERT Samuels has upbraided Prime Minister Bruce Golding for suggesting this week that Parliament should consider implementing restrictions on hefty legal costs sought by lawyers. Golding, who was participating in a debate on dual citizenship...
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WESTERN BUREAU: The Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) has this year slashed, by half, its sponsorship of the 15-year-old Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival slated for January 27-29 at the Trelawny Multi-purpose Stadium....
Cabinet has approved increases to government pensioners, including spouses and dependants of deceased officers.Speaking at a post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House yesterday, Minister with Responsibility for Information Daryl Vaz said...
LIVID THAT the unflattering findings of an audit of his school were in the public domain without the management or board of the institution receiving a copy, principal of the Porus High School in Manchester...
Arbitration proceedings arising from the dispute between former Scotiabank boss William 'Bill' Clarke and the financial institution over his retirement package are to take place later this year in The Bahamas.The Court of Appeal had granted a...
WESTERN BUREAU:Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett is weighing his hopes on information that the United Kingdom Treasury has informally confirmed the probability of a successor regime to the controversial Air Passenger...
Daisy Robinson, a small, 60-plus woman, sits with complete ease in the chair as the dentist examines and measures her mouth for a new set of dentures.One of two dental assistants gently inserts a dental impression tray...
Lawyers representing government minister James Robertson scored a victory in the first round of their legal battle with United States-based attorney David Rowe and his client, St Thomas businessman Ian Johnson.However, there are more rounds to be...
