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Published:Thursday | August 15, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Determined not to stumble into the pitfalls of the past that derailed previous venture-capital programmes, the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) is pushing an ambitious slate of initiatives aimed at building a sustainable venture-capital agenda to equip...

Published:Wednesday | August 14, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Western Bureau:It is estimated that some 4,000 bird boys are to be employed over the next six weeks to meet the demands of the 2013 Game Bird Hunting Season.The season opens August 24 and already, the island's shooters,...

Published:Wednesday | August 14, 2013 | 12:00 AM

With less than three weeks to go before the start of the new school year, permanent secretary in the Ministry of Education, Elaine Foster Allen, says plans for housing of 100 Cedar Grove Academy students in Portmore...

Published:Wednesday | August 14, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Telecoms firm LIME will be providing back-to-school assistance valued at more than $20 million to parents and students attending its fourth annual LIME Skool Aid event scheduled for August 24-25 at the Jamworld Showground in Portmore, St...

Published:Wednesday | August 14, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Education Minister Ronald Thwaites is warning schools that it is wrong to block students with outstanding fees from viewing their Caribbean Secondary Examination Certificate (CSEC) results online.

Published:Wednesday | August 14, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Western Bureau:Executives of the All-Island Jamaica Cane Farmers' Association (AIJCFA) are to engage in a critical meeting today to discuss issues affecting its members who supply cane to the Chinese-owned Pan Caribbean Sugar...

Published:Wednesday | August 14, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Moscow, Russia: Bob Marley hits blaring throughout the Luzhniki Stadium; Russians walking around in the black, green, and gold of the Jamaican flag; every Jamaican in Moscow an instant hit, the centre of attention....

Published:Wednesday | August 14, 2013 | 12:00 AM

FOLLOWING THE establishment of an embassy in Brazil last year, the Jamaican Government is indicating that it is moving post-haste to ensure that the country is able to capitalise on tourism and investment...

Published:Wednesday | August 14, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Opposition Leader Andrew Holness is calling for a level of urgency in reducing what he describes as a cultural aversion to mathematics.Holness, a former minister of education, was weighing in on the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC)...

Published:Wednesday | August 14, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Several teachers left the first day of the Ministry of Education's two-day job fair in utter despair yesterday...

Published:Wednesday | August 14, 2013 | 12:00 AM

The Portia Simpson Miller Cabinet has approved legislative changes that could remove one of the most controversial provisions of the Child Care and Protection Act which allows a judge to incarcerate a child who is deemed to be "beyond control"."This...

Published:Tuesday | August 13, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Q I have been married to my husband longer than I care to remember.He is a very strict person, and this is what I admired at first....

Published:Tuesday | August 13, 2013 | 12:00 AM

WESTERN BUREAU: DR CLAYTON Sewell, president of the Psychiatric Association of Jamaica, has said research led by the University of the West Indies (UWI) has revealed the disturbing news that 71.9 per cent of Jamaican high-school students ...

Published:Tuesday | August 13, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Preparations are under way for a J$10-million project that would bring Barbican, St Andrew, to life with scintillating, high-speed entertainment.Wayne Gregory, a member of the planning committee, told The Gleaner his group...

Published:Tuesday | August 13, 2013 | 12:00 AM

ST ANN'S BAY, ST Ann: WITH LESS than three weeks before the start of the new academic year, trouble is brewing once again at the Marcus Garvey Technical High School...

Published:Tuesday | August 13, 2013 | 12:00 AM

WESTERN BUREAU:JAMAICA HOTEL and Tourism Association (JHTA) president Evelyn Smith has said her organisation will not support the suspension of the Noise Abatement Act to facilitate future stagings of ATI/ Dream...

Published:Tuesday | August 13, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Q We happily placed our 12-year-old child in a reading readiness programme.

Published:Tuesday | August 13, 2013 | 12:00 AM

VETERAN FARMER Maria Azan was declared National Female Champion Farmer at the Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show, taking the inaugural T. Geddes Grant Trophy and $80,000....

Published:Tuesday | August 13, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Education Minister Ronald Thwaites says he is still not pleased with the performance of Jamaican students in the Caribbean Examination Council's (CXC) Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) exams, despite an increase in passes in 25 of the 35...

Published:Tuesday | August 13, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Despite an announcement from the Ministry of Education that schools have to repair their own furniture for the new academic year, principals at various schools in the Corporate Area say they will not be daunted....

Published:Tuesday | August 13, 2013 | 12:00 AM

The level of passes in this year's Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) exams have indicated that students across the country are still struggling with mathematics.Education Minister Ronald Thwaites...

Published:Tuesday | August 13, 2013 | 12:00 AM

MOSCOW, Russia: She spent most of the build-up to her latest success crying in pain and questioning herself. But when it mattered most, there was no stopping Jamaica's 'Pocket Rocket', Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, as she made a joke of what was supposed to be one...

Published:Tuesday | August 13, 2013 | 12:00 AM

DR HOPETON Dunn, director of the Caribbean Institute of Media and Communications (CARIMAC), University of the West Indies (UWI), has urged Jamaicans to take part in a six-month animation course, the first of its kind in Jamaica."We are now in a growing...

Published:Tuesday | August 13, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Digicel aids kids with back-to-school - Telecommunications firm Digicel has decided to assist parents with back-to-school costs by giving them some essential items from their children's shopping lists.Children and parents in attendance at the...

Published:Tuesday | August 13, 2013 | 12:00 AM

The Supreme Court ruled yesterday that it did not have the power to compel the FINSAC commissioners to produce an interim report.Justice Marva McDonald-Bishop made the ruling when she turned down an application by Milton Baker, a member of the...

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