6 Things You Need To Know Today – January 2, 2013
1. The Russians Are Here. Seven years after Jamaica started courting the eastern Europeans, the first Russian carrier Transaero arrived on the island yesterday.The flight, a boost to the winter...
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1. Christie In Demand – Trinidadian Coalition Brings Christie On Board. Jamaica’s former contractor general Greg Christie has been brought on board by a coalition of private sector and civil society...
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Cash Grab – Millions In Unauthorised Overtime Payments Uncovered In Public Sector. More than $100 million in unauthorised overtime payments within the public sector has been unearthed by the Auditor...
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Digicel Hacked. A 30-year-old man was yesterday picked up by the police in connection with an alleged hacking of telecommunications company Digicel’s database. According to reports, the hacker was...
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Gleaner Honour Award Winners. Read about the winners of The Gleaner’s Golden Award – Digicel Jamaica Ltd. – and The Gleaner’s Global Jamaican Award – Usain Bolt (Image: Olympian Usain Bolt arriving at...
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IMF Team In Jamaica. A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was due in the island yesterday and is expected to remain in Jamaica until February 15. The mission is being headed by Jan Kees...
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‘Tell What You Know’- New Contractor General Pledges Protection For Whistle-Blowers. Described by Governor General Sir Patrick Allen as a “gentle giant”, the country’s fifth contractor general, Dirk...
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‘No Fiddling While Rome Burns’ – Move To Amend NHT Act Not An Admission Of Wrong, But A Need To Take Quick Action, Says Gov’t. The Government yesterday insisted that its proposed amendments to the...
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‘I Give Up!’ – Some Parents No Longer Care About Their Runaway Children. Thousands of children have gone missing across the island over the years – more than 1,000 between January and November 2012...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – May 31, 2013
‘Historic’ Day For Talk – OUR Sets $1.10 Termination Rate For Mobile Providers. In a major decision by the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) yesterday, the regulatory body approved a mobile...
View ArticleEconomy Update: Inflation Rate For July 2013
Statin’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) report for the month of July 2013 has revealed that the rate of inflation was 0.5%. This represents an ~0.3% increase over the all time low 0.15% inflation rate for...
View Article120 Memorable Moments In Jamaica In 2013
What a year 2013 has been! There have been many memorable moments, including a fractious political leadership challenge, a new IMF deal, shocking positive drug tests for some of our elite athletes,...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – January 2, 2014
PM Trips For 2013 To Exceed $50 Million. It now appears certain that the Government spent more than $50 million to send Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller and her team on foreign trips last year…...
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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 –...
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Schools Transformed – Centres Of Excellence Initiative Institutions Showing Vast Improvement. “I stand here as a student with 11 CXC’s (Caribbean Examination Council), nine CAPE units (Caribbean...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – June 13, 2014
Ganja Green Light – Gov’t Moves To Change Laws To Allow Limited Use Of Marijuana. As Jamaica seeks to follow several countries and a number of American states that have legalised the possession of...
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Untapped Potential – Jamaica Has Adequate Water But Lacks Proper Systems, Says Expert. Jamaica has adequate resources to consistently meet its water demand; however, the lack of a comprehensive plan...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – February 10, 2015
Bodies All Over – Golding Paints Grisly Tivoli Account. Former Prime Minister Bruce Golding yesterday recounted that one day into the 2010 police-military operations in the West Kingston community of...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – March 30, 2015
Guerrilla Marketing – LIME Furious Over Digicel’s Advertising Hijack At Champs. The battle for customers in Jamaica between telecommunications rivals Digicel and LIME is at its fiercest, with the...
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The CSEC Grade: Time For A Change. Educators islandwide are clamouring for new and creative approaches to teaching that will capture the imagination of boys… Read more at Jamaica-Gleaner.com ‘It Was My...
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