No contest:Strong backing for Portia as PNP president
NINE MONTHS after leading her party to a narrow defeat in a general election, Portia Simpson Miller has cemented herself in the position of president of the People's National Party...
Jamaica braces for revenue guarantee to airlines
WESTERN BUREAU:WITH AIRLINES REDUCING flights to the tourism-dependent Caribbean - due to high fuel prices - Jamaica and other countries in the region could be forced to offer revenue guarantees to scheduled airlines.
No insurance for medical malpractice!
LOCAL INSURANCE companies are shying away from providing indemnity for negligence by medical professionals in Jamaica because of the high probability of errors in delivering health care, and the...
Jamaican men shun sterilisation: Report shows zero use among local males
UNLIKE SOME of their counterparts in the Americas and the Caribbean, Jamaican men appear to be rigidly opposed to sterilisation as a birth control method.
Drinking on the job! Cops break code of conduct
A SUNDAY Gleaner investigation has revealed that some members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), including high-ranking officers, are unable to resist the pull of the bottle.
Alcohol and guns should not mix, says Headley
OUTLINING THE pitfalls of alcohol consumption, especially by persons who carry firearms, Bernard Headley, professor of criminology at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, says they (alcoholic beverages) "pack enough punch to impair an...
Holness is the top performer
EDUCATION MINISTER Andrew Holness has come out ahead of his Cabinet colleagues as the most outstanding performer, scoring B- in a poll conducted recently by pollster Bill Johnson.
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