GLEANER EDITORS' FORUM - Cut interest rates, say business leaders
If there is one point of consensus among various business organisations in Jamaica, it is on the need to reduce the cost of loans to the productive sector. This was reiterated during a recent Gleaner Editors' Forum at the newspaper's North Street office in Kingston.
Tourist town looks for community development
The contender who ascends to the position of Western Hanover Member of Parliament, will have to support education and drive community development, say residents of the constituency.The three candidates contesting the seat...
St Ann candidates sign political code
Ocho Rios, St. Ann: Candidates from the ruling People's National Party (PNP) and the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) in the parish of St. Ann have signed the Political Code of Conduct, reaffirming their commitment to a peaceful election campaign. The signing took place...
It was good and it was bad ...
The People's National Party (PNP) administration of 1972-1976 was a dynamic period in the history of Jamaica. These were crucial times to the development of Jamaica as a sovereign nation. Manley's doctrine of democratic socialism changed the way the Government would regard...
45 MILESTONES - 1998: Glory days of Reggae Boyz
As it had been during the glory days of West Indies cricket from 1962 to 1967 and in the 1980s, Jamaica's football team, proudly named 'The Reggae Boyz', electrified Jamaica's sporting fans when they travelled the Road to France and became the first English-speaking Caribbean....
Witnesses open doors for all to 'Follow the Christ'
The 2007 'Follow the Christ' District Convention of Jehovah's Witnesses begins today at Sabina Park on South Camp Road in Kingston The three-day convention is open to the entire family and starts at 9:30 each morning. Admission is free and no collections will be taken...
Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) launches manifesto Monday
The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) will launch its 2007 campaign manifesto on Monday.Speaking at a Gleaner Editors' Forum on Wednesday, senior party members said the manifesto was ready and would be launched publicly at the Jamaica Conference Centre,...
'HIV vaccine could impact prevention'
Twenty-five years into the AIDS pandemic and with no cure on the horizon, the world is pinning its hopes for a break-through on the possibility of a HIV vaccine. The HIV Vaccine Trials Network (HVTN), the world's largest clinical trials programme...
Grants Pen young men ready to shine
Fifty young men from the Grants Pen community are aiming to make their community and country proud. They plan to do this with their newly acquired confidence and increased aptitude in English and math, among other proficiencies. These young men, between the ages of 15 and 25 years...
No decision in extradition case of St Catherine man
The Court of Appeal on Wednesday reserved its decision in the extradition case of 59-year-old Jamaican Louis Timoll.Timoll is wanted in the United States to be sentenced for conspiracy to import marijuana.
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