Sex in recession - Prostitutes slash prices - Parlours see 50% decline - Layoffs hurt businesses
The economic meltdown that has triggered massive layoffs and production cutbacks in the formal business sector has spread to the illegal sex industry as prostitutes and sensual massage parlours have reported at least a 50 per cent decline in profits and clientele...
Cruickshank wants JCF to focus on nabbing killers - Defence lawyer pessimistic about five per cent reduction in murders this year
Glen Cruickshank, QC, says the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) should focus more on apprehending murderers than concentrating its efforts on reducing the toll by five per cent. Cruickshank was speaking with The Gleaner last Thursday after accepting the Silver Pen...
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Japanese consultant for productivity centre
The work of the Jamaica Productivity Centre (JPC) is expected to be enhanced over the next two years with the attachment of a Japanese productivity consultant. Makato Oyama was last Wednesday introduced to public and private sector leaders at a breakfast...
- Peanut butter salmonella scare - Samuda probing consumer concerns
- IDB head salutes Jamaica
- Tax system to be revised
Miller saves, Harbour View
HARBOUR VIEW assistant coach, Donovan 'DV' Hayles, sounded a bit ungrateful last night after goalie Dwayne Miller made save after save for the 10-man visitors against Tivoli Gardens, to force a 0-0 draw in Digicel Premier League action at the Edward Seaga Sports Complex...
- Wilson nets Arnett winner
- Home draw frustrates Boys' Town
- Jamaica in tight battle for first innings points - Defending champs need 55 runs with five wickets
EDITORIAL - Excessive bureaucracy fuels corruption
If we had really paid attention, Jamaica might have learned an important lesson from the country's higglers, and other informal traders, going back to the 1970s.That message is still applicable today - and is one that we hope was not lost on Prime Minister ...
LETTER OF THE DAY - Meaningless and misleading analysis of schools
The Editor, Sir: In your editorial of January 14, entitled 'Pay teachers for what they produce', you continue to push for performance-based pay for teachers.Any attempt to use what you refer to as the 'accepted measures for educational outcomes' under the present system ...
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- Seeing downtown Kingston as a heritage resource
Duane Stephenson - Aiming for the top
It's been a little over two years since Duane Stephenson parted company with the sextet To-Isis. But in that time he has already managed to carve a niche as a soul/roots singer whose stocks are rapidly on the rise. Already he has toured the United States and the Caribbean...
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- SOMETHING EXTRA
New neon nails
Highlighter shades are painting nails bright and colourful. For spring, neon colours, originally popular in the 1980s, are adding fresh appeal to nails. Pop star Rihanna is one person who sports the trend. They are usually worn as one flat shade without much decoration....