Same-sex lessons - Ministry-recommended textbook lists homosexual unions as family option
Several secondary school teachers are caught in a bind trying to explain homosexual unions as a viable family option as presented in a Ministry of Education-recommended textbook. The controversial clause in the book entitled, C-SEC Home Economics and Beyond (Management) by Rita Dyer...
Farewell, Commish!
Today is his last day in office and it is also the final day for his successor to apply for the job as police commissioner. As he bade farewell to friends and colleagues at his 101 Old Hope Road office, St. Andrew, yesterday, Police Commissioner Lucius Thomas was sifting through...
Gleaner writer takes two at Paho awards
The Gleaner's Andrea Downer, yesterday, received two awards in the 15th Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) Annual Caribbean Media Awards for Excellence in Journalism. Ms.Downer won the Best Health Coverage By a Media House for her entry entitled, 'Diary of an HIV Vaccine....
Foreign workers get extension
Foreign nationals employed in Jamaica without a work permit have been given an additional 10 working days to comply with the law or face a possible fine of $200 or six months' imprisonment,or both. Earlier this month, the Government had given overseas employees working...
Another JLP MP faces ineligibility
THE NUMBER of constitutional motions surrounding the eligibility of Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Members of Parliament to sit in the House of Representatives has risen to four, the latest addition being Michael Stern. Donald Buchanan, general secretary of the People's National...
New Government boards approved
Cabinet has approved new boards of directors and chairpersons for 22 public sector agencies. Minister of Industry and Commerce, Karl Samuda, made the announcement yesterday at the weekly post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House.
Vasciannie tipped for Solicitor General
The Gleaner has been reliably informed that attorney-at-law, Professor Stephen Vasciannie, has been recommended by the Public Service Commission to be the next Solicitor General.The recommendation has been sent to Governor-General Professor Kenneth...
'Woolmer counting coils of US$'
A janitorial staff member had the court's attention when she testified yesterday at the coroner's inquest into the death of Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston.Patricia Baker-Sinclair, a senior...
Way clear for parish council elections
Cabinet has given the Prime Minister the green light to advise Governor-General Professor Kenneth Hall of "an appropriate date for the holding of local government elections", due by December 31 this year.Karl Samuda, Minister of Industry and Commerce...
Scrap metal exports banned
PERSONS NOW involved in the lucrative multimillion-dollar scrap metal trade will shortly be dealt a severe blow as Government has announced an immediate cessation of the export. Karl Samuda, Minister of Industry and Commerce, told Parliament yesterday that the theft of metals...
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