Deadlock - Caribbean slow in making decision for Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)
The Caribbean region is making slow progress in completing negotiations for the economic partnership agreement (EPA). EPAs are the successor pacts to the non-reciprocal preferential trade regimes of the Cotonou Agreement and its predecessor, the Lomé Convention, which have governed...
Men urged to be more proactive about their health
Dr. Trevor Tulloch, president of the Jamaica Urological Society, is urging Jamaican males to be more proactive about their health. This, as Jamaica continues to record high rates of prostate cancer. "Read more, learn more and ask more questions so that you may stand on good ground...
Photographer threatened at People's National Party's (PNP) meeting
A member of Portia Simpson Miller's security team yesterday threatened a journalist at the Negril Golf Club, Westmoreland, where a meeting of the People's National Party's (PNP) National Executive Council was being held. The policeman accused a Gleaner photographer...
ELECTION RESULTS
Clarendon North Central Party Votes - Pearnel Charles JLP 5,978 Ralph Thomas PNP 4,109 .
Fewer road fatalities in 2007
THERE HAS been a decline in the number of people killed in accidents on the island's roadways this year, compared to the same period last year. According to statistics provided by the National Road Safety Council of Jamaica, since January to September 2007...
Minister of the day - Spencer looking forward to challenges
Trade Unionist Rudyard Spencer was surprised when he was asked by Prime Minister Bruce Golding to take over the Ministry of Health. But he is undaunted and looking forward to the challenge the health porfolio offers. "The Ministry of Health portfolio assignment...
Early childhood pioneer lauded
One of Jamaica's pioneers in early-childhood development and education was honoured for her years of service, which span about five decades, in the field. The Dudley Grant Memorial Trust hosted an appreciation ceremony for Joyce E. Jarrett last Wednesday at the Mona Visitors' Lodge...
Montego Bay College, the beacon of hope for students
WESTERN BUREAU: The Montego Bay Community College (MBCC) has remained a beacon of hope for students in the west since its inception in 1975. The college maintains an enviable academic track record which improves annually. The Pre-University Department is able to boast acceptance...
Phillips promises to be vocal in Opposition
He may have lost his high-profile Cabinet position in the last government, but Dr.Peter Phillips, the former Minister of National Security, is serving notice that he will remain vocal on many of the issues that concern the Jamaican public. In confirmation of that resolve...
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