Learning the ropes inside the Spanish Town Market
Food prices are on the rise and it appears that in response to this, a handful of penny-pinchers at the Spanish Town market in St Catherine have stepped up their bargaining efforts. It was with Miss Ivy, a tall, rotund vendor with wrinkled hands and a round face that resembled...
Champs fever begins
With what is usually one of the biggest crowd pullers in respect of high school events getting under way - Boys' and Girls' Champs - rival schools, particularly those in the Corporate Area, are positioning themselves to gain bragging rights for the coming year....
Disabled woman pursues degree
She is unable to move around as much as she would, as she has a medical condition that confines her to a wheelchair. But even though the going gets tougher each day, Irma Bartlett is still pursuing a degree at the University of the West Indies. Bartlett has a thirst for knowledge....
PAC tackles Air Jamaica on procurement breaches
Air Jamaica was on Tuesday brought before Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to answer to breaches of the government's procurement guidelines.Paula Brown, the company's financial controller, was in the hot seat as she attempted to field...
MoU signed for parenting facilitation training
The National Council on Technical and Vocational Education and Training (NCTVET) signed an agreement with Parenting Partners Caribbean (PPC) and the Early Childhood Commission (ECC) on March 5. The memorandum of understanding recognises the need for the training and development...
Czech gov't continues development project in Jamaica
Delegates from the Czech Republic recently paid a courtesy call on Laurence Broderick, minister of state in the Ministry of Energy, Mining and Telecommunications, to discuss the ongoing Mineral Resources Development Project - a bilateral development...
Kingston Tech students get Rotary Club scholarships
Ten students of Kingston Technical (KT) were recently awarded scholarships from the Rotary Club of Kingston, valued at a total of $100,000. Club president Donald Reynolds presented the scholarship cheque to KT's guidance counsellor, Janet Senior, who collected on the students' behalf....
Ministry signs $32.3m contract with Spatial Innovision Limited
Agriculture Minister Dr Christopher Tufton on Tuesday signed a $32.3-million contract with Spatial Innovision Limited for the installation and commissioning of a National GPS-based Positioning and Navigation System. This system will enable real-time data collection islandwide...
Children to benefit from heart surgeries
A team of heart surgeons is appealing for members of the public to donate blood for surgeries to be done on 35 children over the next three weeks.The children, whose ages range between two and 17 years old, are currently suffering from a range of congenital heart defects...
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