JAMAICA'S INDUSTRY Minister Anthony Hylton is predicting that the major indices which measure the country's efficiency at enhancing its business environment will gradually climb as a result of efforts at infrastructural and fiscal improvement on the island.
Williamsfield, Manchester Claiming to be the only coffee manufacturers in the island with advanced technology geared towards improving the quality of the local produce, Jamaica Standard Products Company Limited is a trailblazer in the development of Jamaican exports.
WESTERN BUREAU: In addition to the 271 buyer and supplier delegates who will conduct business at the Jamaica Product Exchange (JAPEX) next week, some 33 local manufacturing companies have been granted access to the premier marketing event.
Newly elected president of the Press Association of Jamaica (PAJ) Dionne Jackson Miller has received a vote of confidence from her predecessor, Jenni Campbell.
Dr Andrei Cooke, the acting chairman of the South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA), has rejected claims that its bungling has caused a delay in the construction of the much- needed cardiac centre at the Bustamante Hospital for Children.
Nearly a decade after some members of the Seventh-day Adventist faith were wooed to contribute their hard-earned cash into a burial scheme to be administered by the church, they are no closer to any word on how or when they will get back their money.
Fake veterinarians are doing more harm than good to the animals they treat, while biting into the livelihood of registered professionals and putting the health of the general public at risk.
WESTERN BUREAU:The uphill battle to prevent the registering of trademarks bearing the name 'Jamaica' in other countries came into sharp focus last week, when a notice was served on Jamaica's first official almond farmers, stopping them from using the now-patented words 'Jamaican Almond' on any product.
Untrained persons operating illegally as veterinarians are charging high prices for their services and dipping into the possible income of the 100 trained vets licensed to operate in Jamaica.
Patients at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) who are now being given 2017 appointments for surgery could consider themselves lucky, as indications are that by November, new patients will be given 2018 appointment dates.
WESTERN BUREAU:Some wanteD the funeral to reflect the jocular nature of the man, so they turned up at his funeral at the St George's Anglican Church dressed in his People's National Party's (PNP) traditional orange or other bright colours.
Published:Saturday | September 13, 2014 | 12:00 AM
Although no lives have been reported lost, hundreds of Jamaicans quivered in fear yesterday as an earthquake rumbled throughout the country. Initial reports state that neighbouring islands were also affected, but the extent is yet to be determined.
Published:Saturday | September 13, 2014 | 12:00 AM
The Gleaner was going to avoid editorial squabbles, as the first letter to the editor advised. "Editorial squabbles will be alike avoided: we shall treat our brother editors with respect, by which means we shall command respect of them."
Published:Saturday | September 13, 2014 | 12:00 AM
On the afternoon of Saturday, September 13, 1834, the very first edition of The Gleaner, and Weekly Compendium of News was published and made available at Water Lane in Kingston.
Published:Saturday | September 13, 2014 | 12:00 AM
In 1889 The Gleaner broke new ground as it set out to provide its readers with "a thorough and accurate account of the condition of affairs throughout the island, in order that they may know just what [was] going on in the country, what progress [was] being made in the schools, in the churches, in cultivating the land ... in the homes and general condition of the people ... and the prospects for the future ...".
Published:Saturday | September 13, 2014 | 12:00 AM
There is a story about a Jamaican emigrant, fresh to foreign climes, who wanted to catch up on the news in his new home. With typical 'yard' swag, he walked up to a news stand festooned with the publications of his adopted land, and asked for a Gleaner.
