New Scotia boss - Bruce Bowen to head local arm of Canadian-based bank
The board of the Bank of Nova Scotia Jamaica Ltd yesterday named Canadian Bruce Bowen as the bank's new president and CEO. The revelation follows this month's shock announcement that William 'Bill' Clarke will retire after 40 years with the institution. Bowen currently serves as president...
Grange regrets positive test result
Sports Minister Olivia Grange last night expressed disappointment with the reports that a Jamaican athlete who was selected to represent the country at the Beijing Olympics has tested positive for a banned substance.Grange, however, declined to comment further...
A new life for the BARRETTS
"I LOVE Jehovah and I want to do his will," the Barretts declared after their baptisms on Saturday. Wilfred Barrett, 55; his wife, Sharon, 42, and their daughter, Simone, 20, were among an estimated 50 people who were submerged in water at Sabina Park, Kingston...
Incident-free visit for new Salvation Army missionaries
THE FIRST group of missionaries from the United States (US) to have travelled to the island since a robbery at the Salvation Army compound in St Andrew last month left Jamaica last Friday after an incident-free stay. Earlier this month, The Gleaner reported...
Children's activists troubled by rise in summer drownings
Children's Advocate Mary Clarke and the group, Hear the Children's Cry, are expressing concern about the worrying number of children who have drowned since the start of the summer. Police statistics indicate that seven children between the ages of three...
Childcare sites get three-week deadline for licensing
Operators of residential child-care facilities have three weeks to apply for a licence or face closure, Rudyard Spencer, minister of health and environment warned yesterday.At a meeting called with representatives of human-rights group, Jamaicans For Justice (JFJ) and the Child...
Tuesdaytalk
HOTTEST TOPICS ON THE COCKTAIL CIRCUIT - The blind board1 It's the classic case of 'see no evil, hear no evil'. All over town, there are whisperings about the most public corporate romance ever known ...
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