Archive for October, 2007
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Jamaica Joins the World in Marking UN Day on October 24
Posted on 10/23/2007 | No CommentsSource: http://www.jis.gov.jm Jamaica will join the rest of the world in marking the 62nd anniversary of the United Nations (UN) on Wednesday, October 24. On the day, which has been... -
GraceKennedy launches Caribbean Traditions: Takes aim at bigger slice of prepared-foods market
Posted on 10/21/2007 | No CommentsSource: jamaica-gleaner.com GraceKennedy Limited has extended its line of prepared foods, packaging the distinct flavours of microwaveable Jamaican cuisine for a dispersed Caribbean market, to charm income from consumers willing... -
Spanish Town Hospital creaks under pressure
Posted on 10/21/2007 | No CommentsSource: jamaica-gleaner.com Space is a major problem. Doctors are attending to very ill patients in every crevice into which they and the patients can be squeezed. Those who cannot fit... -
Ritz-Carlton Rose Hall sold
Posted on 10/21/2007 | No CommentsSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico: The Sunday Gleaner has learned that the Triple A Five-Diamond Ritz-Carlton Rose Hall in Montego Bay has been sold to OZ Holding, a subsidiary of Switzerland’s... -
Hospital woes crunch: Poor maintenance hampers quality service
Posted on 10/21/2007 | No CommentsSource: jamaica-gleaner.com Despite billions of dollars spent to rehabilitate several hospitals in the 1990s, currently, many of these facilities operate under the burden of poor infrastructure and non-functioning or missing... -
Extortionists targeted
Posted on 10/20/2007 | No CommentsSource:jamaica-gleaner.com Two years after a coordinated operation that led to the demise of Donovan ‘Bulbie’ Bennett, reputed leader of the ‘Clansman’ gang that terrorized Spanish Town and its environs, Operation... -
Health Authorities under review
Posted on 10/20/2007 | No CommentsSource: jamaica-gleaner.com Minister of Health and the Environment, Rudyard Spencer, says a review organized for the Regional Health Authorities (RHA) was not to dismantle the organization but to examine and... -
Guyana and Jamaica engage in rice trade dispute
Posted on 10/20/2007 | No CommentsSource: jamaicaobserver.com Guyana’s president, Bharrat Jagdeo, says that there has been a breakdown in communication resulting in the recent rice trade dispute between his country and Jamaica. “We are not... -
You can’t be American and Jamaican at the same time, says Dr Una Clarke
Posted on 10/20/2007 | No CommentsSource: jamaicaobserver.com MONTEGO BAY, St James – Dr Una Tomlinson-Clarke, the first Caribbean Councilwoman of the 40th District, Brooklyn, New York, on Thursday urged Jamaicans to return to their original... -
South African Reggae Star Lucky Dube Killed in Attempted Car-Jacking (October 18th, 2007)
Posted on 10/19/2007 | No CommentsSouth African Reggae Star Lucky Dube Killed in Attempted Car-Jacking News source : voanews.com South African Reggae star Lucky Dube has been killed in an apparent car-jacking attempt. The 43-year-old...
