Y'all don't care! - Response to Ananda Alert heartbreaking - Critic: Lacklustre campaign to blame
Jamaicans have given a lukewarm response to an urgent call to play a critical role in the success of the Ananda Alert, a nationwide child-abduction alert network named after 11-year-old Ananda Dean, who was kidnapped and murdered in 2008. The multi-agency alert system...
The 'accidental' scientist - Jamaica's own Nobel Prize nominee
"In the future, I will become a gynaecologist" and "I know I will be a horticultural engineer" are some of the introductory utterances students make on our local quiz shows. Some will achieve their goals; other won't, for various reasons. And there are many who simply ...
Econ Enterprises: Promoting its way to success
Starting Econ Enterprises was a bold step back in 1994 for Albert and Yvette Chung.The couple began their operations on a shoestring budget, supplying promotional items, usually imprinted with a company logo, slogan or name. What they had in their favour was Albert's decade...
'West Indies have no chance'
SYDNEY, Australia (CMC): The verbal flourishes that typify Australia's tactics before any Test series escalated yesterday. John Dyson indicated Chris Gayle's side had no chance against Ricky Ponting's Baggy Greens in their forthcoming three-Test series,...
EDITORIAL - A window of opportunity for Mr Golding
Karl Samuda, the general secretary of the governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), says the party's annual conference this weekend will be a toned-down affair, by which he means there will not be the razzmatazz associated with a political party...
LETTER OF THE DAY - Hypocrisy and distractions
The Editor, Sir: I have resisted commenting on the whole Gaza-Gully issue, but after reading The Gleaner on Saturday and seeing an open letter from Howard Hamilton, QC, I really saw red. I was reminded that some years ago, around the spring of 1988...
From catwalk to producing - Kibwe chasing dreams and passion
Following the mantra 'chase what you love and the money will come', Saint International model Kibwe McGann has moved from the catwalk to behind the scenes as a director and producer of shows geared outside of Jamaica...
Give SENSIBLE gifts
Cash is hard to come by, so it is important to give what you know is needed and will be appreciated. Here are some tips to help you. 1. Subtly find out what the receiver really needs by having friends and relatives ask them discreetly.
MEXICO - Drug lord's place on Forbes list angers city
Mexico decried Forbes magazine's decision to name the country's most-wanted drug lord to its "World's Most Powerful People," calling it an insult to the government's bloody struggle against drug cartels.