The wait is over - GSAT results out today; ministry asks not to be consulted on transfers
As the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) results are released to schools today, the Ministry of Education has reminded parents and guardians that transfers for students are not normally accommodated. However, the education ministry said in a release yesterday...
Earning exam success
WESTERN BUREAU: The success of our nation's students depends on how much a teacher is willing to sacrifice to help achieve positive results. Shermaine Lloyd of Esher Primary School in Hanover has proven this theory. Lloyd, who has been a teacher for the past 13 years...
Gov't worries about foreign exchange - Politicians talk over the possibility of an IMF return
The Government is again hinting that it could be forced to seek help from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to meet Jamaica's demand for foreign exchange. Prime Minister Bruce Golding said yesterday that the Government was concerned ...
A message from Busta's pants - 77-y-o man learns to take pride in work from tailoring for former PM
Hidden away in the hills of St Mary is one of the last remaining Jamaican tailors of the 1950s, whose experiences and charitable contributions are as notable as his enduring years as a tradesman. Among the notable accomplishments of this unassuming tailor...
Sugar workers hold their breath - Gov't promises long-overdue payments will be made by deadline
The Government will have to come up with more than $2.7 billion by next week to pay sugar workers whose positions were made redundant last year. Next Tuesday is the deadline for the payments and Agriculture Minister Dr Christopher Tufton yesterday...
Missing computers dominate PAC meeting
IT WAS a case of the missing CPUs and computer monitors at the Justice Ministry, valued at $435,000 that sapped the energies of members of Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) yesterday, as they tried unsuccessfully to get answers from Permanent...
Government lends Air Jamaica $9b
LESS THAN three weeks before the end of another government deadline to divest the cash-strapped national airline, Parliament yesterday approved government loan guarantees amounting to US$101.8 million (approximately $J9 billion) to Air Jamaica...
There is justice for the poor, says Lightbourne
The justice ministry is moving to quash claims that only new or unsuccessful lawyers are retained by the Government for the legal-aid system. For years, concern has been expressed that persons who have to depend on lawyers assigned under the legal-aid...
MAJ head worries about radio licensing
The Media Association of Jamaica Limited (MAJ) has raised concerns about the manner in which test transmissions are being done by a radio operator who appears not to have been granted a licence for commercial broadcasting nor the permit to do test...
Hillel Academy helps 'clothe' Salvation Army
The Hillel Academy Foundation has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of linens and clothing to the Salvation Army in Kingston. Last Wednesday, John Williamson and his team from the Salvation Army collected sheets, towels, pillows, bedspreads and clothing.
Woman looks back at 47 years of change
Millicent Williams is one of thousands of Jamaicans born in the year of Jamaica's Independence. She came into the world almost three weeks before on July 17, 1962, in Alexandria, St Ann. Today, Williams lives in Brown's Town...
Are you feeling the pinch?
Many banks in the United States underwent a recent 'stress test' to determine how they might respond to worst-case economic scenarios. You can also do your own personal stress test to help gauge your financial situation by considering four key questions...
GSAT keepsake coming!
The results of the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) are being released to schools today, and next week, The Gleaner will publish a special GSAT keepsake.The special edition, to to be published on Thursday, June 18, will profile students...