March is being celebrated as Women’s History Month in several countries around the world, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and Jamaica, to correspond with International Women’s Day on March 8. Women have played a vital role in Jamaica’s history and…
The lead story in today’s Gleaner tells us that there is an urgent need for kidney donors in order to save their lives of the more than 400 Jamaicans in immediate need of a life-saving transplant. This Fact Friday, we share…
Ja Will Live Within Its Means – Phillips. Signaling that the Government is intent on walking a chalk line in order to meet its fiscal targets under the four-year extended fund facility (EFF) with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Finance Minister…
In case you missed it in the Sunday Gleaner’s Outlook magazine, you can now read the MOE’s 60th anniversary supplement online. Contents include messages from the Governor General, Sir Patrick Allen, Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller, Education Minister Ronald Thwaites and stakeholders…
Number Portability By End Of Year. The Government is on track to implement number portability for mobile phones within another eight to nine months… Read more at Jamaica-Gleaner.com Radiation Limbo – Health Ministry To Decide Fate Of Japanese Bus At Port…
Heat Over Hylton – Parliament Comes To Boil As Gov’t Stands By Appointment Of Tivoli Commissioner. Attorney General Patrick Atkinson yesterday accused the parliamentary Opposition of seeking to besmirch the character and reputation of jurist Velma Hylton… Read more at Jamaica-Gleaner.com…
February 28, 2014 , the Jamaican Dollar traded for an average selling rate of J$108.34. The decline represents a 9% depreciation in the selling rate since the approval of the IMF Agreement on May 1, 2013, when the JMD dollar trading…
Today is Peace Day in Jamaica, spearheaded by Peace and Love in Society (PALS) Jamaica - formerly Peace and Love in Schools. Peace is an enduring theme in reggae music, so we have created a special playlist of reggae music (with iTunes…
100 Days To Kick-Off – Big Bucks To Get There. There is still time to stack up the dough – 100 days to be exact. Save all you can because it costs a pretty penny to attend the FIFA World Cup…
Say No To Coal – Expert Sounds Warning Over Electricity Plan For Logistics Hub. One of Jamaica’s leading physicists and an expert in climate change has blasted as fundamentally flawed, Government’s endorsement of the use of coal-generated electricity for its planned…
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