WE WANT WORK
FROM THE tough inner-city communities in the Corporate Area to that quiet farming district in Westmoreland, the cry for jobs has been echoing across the island.
- Big shake-up at tax department
- Prison without walls: Security analyst suggests radical crime-fighting measures
- Abandoning that 'special' child
- Minister urges caution when seeking jobs abroad
- 10 hospitalised following traffic accidents in Portland
- Ugly bauxite legacy: Mining leaves community bare, cripples agricultural activities
- MP preparing to sue commissioner of mines
- Bauxite gloom
Number of abandoned children fell in 2008
THREAT OF prosecution under the Child Care and Protection Act may be dissuading more parents from abandoning their children.
The Child Development Agency (CDA) reports a fall in the number of children abandoned in 2008 over 2007.
- Don't sack workers and blame economy - Charles
- Get 'one up' on IT certifications
- Brenda LaGrange Johnson - 'The best job in the world'
- Tufton upset
- Heat on Hibbert
- Thievery: a national disease
12,357 NHT mortgagors in arrears: Board meets to approve stimulus
The board of the National Housing Trust (NHT) was to meet this weekend to finalise and sign off on a programme of assistance for NHT mortgagors, a substantial number of whom have fallen into arrears in the past three months alone.
- Getting rich in a hurry, retiring early
- DBJ shortlists two investors for Montpelier lands
- Golf resorts going further upmarket
- Riding out the downturn in the aluminium industry - Implications for Jamaica
- Mobile connections reach four billion worldwide
- Apple unveils new products - And they ain't cheap
- Social partnership in a recession
Leewards have Jamaica on the run
BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CMC):Omari Banks struck a hundred and leg-spinner Anthony Martin sliced through Jamaica's batting to leave the reigning champions on the ropes against the Leeward Islands in their first-round WICB four-day regional match...
- Holmwood's Russell stars at track meet
- BT looking to cool H View
- Rampant Gayle stalled by rain
- West Indies fans hoping - and praying
- Liverpool's title bid stumbles
- Tivoli 'A' swamp Eden Strikers
- Classy victory by Nunes' Mucho Gusto
Batting on a 'sticky dog'
To use a cricketing analogy, the Jamaican Government is batting on what, in the old days, before covered wickets, were called 'sticky dogs' - a rain-damaged pitch on which even the most gifted batsmen struggled and...
- Urban centre or a postmodern ghetto? How to revive downtown Kingston
- Media, MP and the cops
- Men on the margins, why?
- Mr. Obama goes to Washington
The power of 'We'- Shaggy lauds teamwork for concert success
In the middle of a soiree at Orville 'Shaggy' Burrell's St Andrew home on Wednesday night, the host, standing over an elegantly decorated cake, a knife in one hand, champagne glass in the other, asked the daring question, "Who's ready to do it...
- Health Ministry thanks Shaggy
- Bustamante Hospital commends Shaggy
- Story of the Song: Tinga Stewart takes time to revive combinations
- 'Jamaica Percy Sledge' comes again
- Jazz rooms going fast
- Rosina Moder - music is her passion
- Mindi Abair rocks!
- Golden Globes promise glamour and pizzazz
- Beenie Man to perform as 'Ras Moses' at Rebel Salute
- Cinematograph Authority set to make vital changes in '09
Quilts for Obama
JAMAICA'S master quilt maker, Donnette Cooper, joins a circle of celebrated artistes who will be putting on an exhibition of their work to mark the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United States of America.
- Cooper's collective quilts
- A look at life as a slave
- Sunday Sauce: The crocodile and the dog
- Book review: The man who stood for change
- 'Shaggy Parrot' - exposing youngsters to the arts
- One dark night
Can't get enough of shaggy
At the 'Shaggy and Friends, I dare you' concert held at Jamaica House on Saturday, January 3, a wide cross section of the Jamaican public came out in a show of support for the charity of the musician's choice, Bustamante Hospital for Children.
- MY DOWN TIME WITH ...RikRok
- 50 years and counting
- Singing along with family and friends
- We've been 'dear' watching and it's official ...
- Shaggy and Friends
- A great time for a good cause
- Spa in the hills
- Lost that loving feeling?
- Remembering Mayor Marie Atkins
- DOCTOR'S ADVICE; Uncle molester
Castro absolved by history ... almost
In 1953, Fidel Castro and his comrades-in-arms failed to overthrow the military dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista.
Gazans warned to brace for escalation of war
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP):Israeli forces pounded rocket-launching sites and smuggling tunnels in Gaza yesterday and planes dropped leaflets warning of an escalation in attacks, as Palestinian militants fired at least 15 more rockets at Israel.
Motor Sales off with a bang
WITH THE automotive sales pie cut into ever smaller fractions because of the global financial meltdown, wise money is on marketing and new products to push the remnants of last year's car...