A few weeks ago, upon my return from a well-needed vacation, I was greeted with the news that a company of which I am a customer, had just laid off nearly two dozen managers, citing automation as the justification. - Jennifer...
I am writing in response to two of your articles 'Will same-sex marriages ever be accepted in Jamaica?' and Singular Subjects - 'The Jamaican gay issue'.I realise that a lot of dialogue has been generated concerning...
The Seventh-day Adventist Church in the West Indies Union on Sunday started its 40-day countdown to the arrival in Jamaica, of a huge multi-language Bible, with a week of generosity.The Adventist Church, through its eastern...
Published: Friday | October 30, 2009 THE EDITOR, Sir: This is an open letter to the prime minister. The keen observer of history knows prolonged discontent is one of the major causes of civil disturbances. It is a great pity...
My earliest memory of Sonny Bradshaw dates back to the 1950s when I attended Half-Way Tree Primary. The image of a slim, dignified young Bradshaw riding his bicycle up and down Half-Way Tree Road is vivid. However, what I later...
The two-day long search for 10-year-old Annaleise Davis ended on a positive note yesterday, but the mystery surrounding the disappearance of the child is far from solved. So far, the police have taken one woman into custody in...
Wayne Chen has sold his largest supermarket in May Pen, Clarendon, to rivals, reducing the family-run Super Plus Food Stores chain to 13 outlets.Chen, the chief executive officer of Mandeville-based Super Plus, said he...
Wonder World Child Care Centre in Kingston yesterday received the second in a series of donations from the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) as part of its Heritage Week activities to promote its newly published posters of the...
Minister of Labour and Social Security Pearnel Charles has rejected suggestions that the National Insurance Fund (NIF), which provides funding for the National Insurance Scheme (NIS), is overextending itself by unnecessarily...
Like an unwanted relative stowed away in a room at the rear of the house to spare neighbours from any unwelcome outbursts, Jamaica's crime nuisance has been kept on the back burner by other issues brought on by the global...