Poor CXC results - Jamaican students lag behind region in Maths, English
Jamaican students continue to underperform in core subjects in the main regional assessment examination after five years in high school. Wesley Barrett, pro-registrar for the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC), has expressed concern...
Principal's 'sex saga' takes Silver Pen
Sheea Hewan Brown, principal of Grace Christian Academy in Kingston, is the August recipient of The Gleaner's Silver Pen Award. Her Letter to the Editor, which was published on August 1, was tagged 'Lessons..
Highgate in receivership
Jamaica Redevelopment Foundation, the company that acquired the Finsac debts, has placed Claude Clarke's Highgate Food Products into receivership. But Clarke insisted yesterday that the move would not jeopardise a deal for Desmond Blades' Mussons...
Sachin shines but Windies win
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP): INDIA'S SACHIN Tendulkar celebrated his return to international cricket with an unbeaten 141 yesterday, but the masterly knock went in vain as the West Indies were declared winners...
EDITORIAL - Time to do the right thing
A fortnight ago, we argued in these columns that the wage restraint agreement between the Government and public sector unions, contained in the so-called MoU2, was a bad idea. We do not hold that position because we believe....
LETTER OF THE DAY - Building a culture of human rights
The Editor, Sir: The following thank-you letter has been sent to the Hon Portia Simpson Miller setting out the matters discussed with her at a meeting last month: Dear Prime Minister, Thank you for meeting with us on August 22, 2006.
Making sweet music at 16
At only 16 years old, producer Stephen McGregor seems destined to make a mark on Jamaican music. One would expect the son of reggae veteran Freddie McGregor to be involved in music, but Stephen has proven he has not only creativity, but staying power...
BA celebrates 60 years in Jamaica
Ever since the wheels of the first British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) aircraft touched Jamaican soil in 1946, Britain and Jamaica have been making sweet flights together. British Airways (BA), as it was renamed, has kept the planes...
DOMINICA: PM Skerrit appoints former opposition member to cabinet
ROSEAU, Dominica (CMC): Former deputy leader of the United Workers Party (UWP) Julius Timothy, who joined the government earlier this year, has been given a crucial Ministry in the Roosevelt Skerrit administration.
ARGENTINA: I'm putting weight back on, says Castro
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (Reuters): Cuban President Fidel Castro says he has started putting on weight again, in his first interview since the 80-year-old communist leader fell ill and adding to growing evidence he is recovering from life-threatening surge
