LEWIN FOR JCF - Retiring army chief tipped for Commish; rank and file oppose 'outside candidates'
While Director of Elections Danville Walker says he is ready to take on the job of police commissioner if given the opportunity, he will now have to contend with another army officer for the position.
Tourism Ministry seeks $40m facelift
The Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett, is seeking $40 million, through a joint-venture agreement with the private sector, to fund a 'sprucing up' programme of the island's six resort areas to meet the upcoming winter tourist season.
Flash-flood warning lifted
The flash-flood warning for central and western parishes has been discontinued, the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) advised yesterday.
Splintering gangs - Implosion increasing murder rate
Head of Operation Kingfish, Assistant Commissioner of Police Glenmore Hinds, says, while the same is not true for all communities, gang implosions are playing a significant role in the wave of murders plaguing volatile communities in the Corporate Area.
Why women give men 'jacket'? Social pressure, financial security cited as major causes
The revelation that some 33 per cent of Jamaican men have been named 'father' to children they have not sired has brought into sharp focus some moral and socioeconomic issues affecting women in Jamaica.
Jobs aplenty, but HEART Trust boss says Jamaicans need training
DONALD FOSTER, the executive director of the Heart Trust/National Training Agency, says there is "no shortage of job opportunities, here and elsewhere, for people who are prepared to take advantage of these." He makes it clear that most people will only succeed in the job market if they are trainable and certified...
YOUNG PARLIAMENTARIANS
AT a time when many are questioning the commitment of Jamaican youth, Warren Newby says he knows how important it is to reach out to his generation. His best opportunity to show this came three weeks ago when Prime Minister Bruce Golding appointed him Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Information, Culture, Youth and Sport.
The PNP and the private sector (Part 1)
At the outset, let me state that my views on the private sector, its political significance and its role in national development have been sub-stantially modified over the last two decades. First, by the lessons learned as a member of Michael Manley's democratic socialist administration of the '70s, and, subsequently by the experience of running a business.
Working-class image hurt Portia in election — study
Research findings on the media representation of women in the 2007 General Election in Jamaica indicate that gender, colour and class were influential elements in the campaign, which led to a victory by the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), and the loss of power by the People's National Party.
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