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Jamaican parenting in crisis

read full at Jamaica Gleaner Online - Nov 21 - Discuss
Poor parenting in Jamaica is now a crisis, according to experts in attendance at a Gleaner Editors' Forum yesterday.According ... (0 Comments)

Jamaica boldly facing challenges

read full at Jamaica Gleaner Online - Nov 21 - Discuss
Today, The Gleaner presents the views of Earl Moore, president and CEO of Guardian Life Limited, on the positive traits ... (0 Comments)

Killancholly murder suspect confesses

read full at Jamaica Gleaner Online - Nov 21 - Discuss
The mother of the three children who were murdered at Killancholly, St Mary, in January 2005 wept uncontrollably in court ... (0 Comments)

King, queen state visit still on - Silva

read full at Jamaica Gleaner Online - Nov 21 - Discuss
Spanish Ambassador Jesús Silva yesterday said the state visit of the king and queen of Spain is still on ... (0 Comments)

If you lose your job ...Don't cash that cheque

read full at Jamaica Gleaner Online - Nov 21 - Discuss
Management consultant Dr Leahcim Semaj is urging persons who might lose their jobs in the next few months not to ... (0 Comments)

Parents, face up

read full at Jamaica Gleaner Online - Nov 21 - Discuss
During a Gleaner Editors' Forum on parenting, held at the newspaper's North Street, central Kingston, offices yesterday, leaders in ... (0 Comments)

'Try staggering work hours'

read full at Jamaica Gleaner Online - Nov 21 - Discuss
Chief executive officer of Boss Furniture Omar Azan says busi-nesses may have to consider staggering the working hours of employees ... (0 Comments)

Jobs under threat - Labour minister says companies planning to send home hundreds - Points to global economic meltdown as cause of problems

read full at Jamaica Gleaner Online - Nov 21 - Discuss
An impending wave of job cuts triggered by the slowdown of the global economy has spurred Jamaica's Labour Minister ... (0 Comments)

Jamaica may suffer greatly from economic woes - Seaga

read full at Jamaica Gleaner Online - Nov 21 - Discuss
Jamaica may be about to suffer the worst economic crisis in the country's history, according to former Prime Minister ... (0 Comments)

Three suspects held in Norwood killing

read full at Jamaica Gleaner Online - Nov 21 - Discuss
WESTERN BUREAU: Three men have been taken into custody in connection with a gun attack in which four persons, including ... (0 Comments)

Don't drink and drive!

read full at Jamaica Gleaner Online - Nov 20 - Discuss
Be extra careful this Christmas! Alcohol and drug use could increase the number of road accidents. University of the West ... (0 Comments)

Crashes claimour sportsmen

read full at Jamaica Gleaner Online - Nov 20 - Discuss
Hundreds of Jamaicans are killed yearly in accidents on our roads and sportsmen of high repute are among those to ... (0 Comments)

'Everyone thought I was dead'

read full at Jamaica Gleaner Online - Nov 20 - Discuss
Enthrose Campbell is thankful she survived to tell the tale of a devastating hit-and-run accident.In October 1991, little did ... (0 Comments)

Killancholly accused took cop to weapon

read full at Jamaica Gleaner Online - Nov 20 - Discuss
The trial of the man accused of the murder of three children at Killancholly, St Mary, in 2005 entered its ... (0 Comments)

Accidents, congestion impacting productivity

read full at Jamaica Gleaner Online - Nov 20 - Discuss
Local business groups are not sure how the day-to-day congestion and increasing traffic accidents are affecting productivity.President of the ... (0 Comments)

'More men than women are dying'

read full at Jamaica Gleaner Online - Nov 20 - Discuss
IT IS said that at the inquest into the world's first traffic death in 1896, the coroner remarked, "This ... (0 Comments)

BLEEDING SPEED - Walking into Danger

read full at Jamaica Gleaner Online - Nov 20 - Discuss
TRAFFIC DEATHS are not confined to persons speeding in motor vehicles and breaking other rules of the road. Pedestrians consistently ... (0 Comments)

BLEEDING SPEED - Crashes burden health sector

read full at Jamaica Gleaner Online - Nov 20 - Discuss
INJURIES RESULTING from motor-vehicle crashes are costing the health sector hundreds of millions of dollars annually. Last year, there were ... (0 Comments)

Orane: Jamaica's mannerisms, food distribution similar to Ghana

read full at Jamaica Gleaner Online - Nov 19 - Discuss
DURING A visit to Ghana in August, GraceKennedy Limited CEO Douglas Orane said he noticed glaring similarities between Jamaica and ... (0 Comments)

Eight years of hell for three-month sentence

read full at Jamaica Gleaner Online - Nov 19 - Discuss
A bizarre case came to an end when an African man who was lost in the prison system for eight ... (0 Comments)
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