Everything Jamaican http://www.everytingjamaican.com it's more than a site, it's a lifestyle. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:11:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 TEF invests in gov’t paper http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EverythingJamaican/~3/CI_GBEiNZvY/ http://www.everytingjamaican.com/news/tef-invests-in-govt-paper-3283/#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:11:31 +0000 admin EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR of the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), Ian Neita, revealed yesterday that the fund had invested $3.2 billion on government paper.This statement prompted Opposition Member of Parliament Ronald…

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]]> http://www.everytingjamaican.com/news/tef-invests-in-govt-paper-3283/feed/ 0 http://www.everytingjamaican.com/news/tef-invests-in-govt-paper-3283/ UWI says thanks to five stalwarts http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EverythingJamaican/~3/-av9Ul5E-Iw/ http://www.everytingjamaican.com/news/uwi-says-thanks-to-five-stalwarts-3286/#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:11:51 +0000 admin Five individuals received Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Excellence during a ceremony at the University of the West Indies, (UWI) Mona, on Thursday.Vice-Chancellor Professor E. Nigel Harris noted that the recipients had done studies which were relevant to society, and went through a rigorous process of selection for the award.

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]]> http://www.everytingjamaican.com/news/uwi-says-thanks-to-five-stalwarts-3286/feed/ 0 http://www.everytingjamaican.com/news/uwi-says-thanks-to-five-stalwarts-3286/ Montego Bay traffic changes begin today, Project demands more from tourism fund http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EverythingJamaican/~3/hjdCSfJg--Y/ http://www.everytingjamaican.com/news/montego-bay-traffic-changes-begin-today-project-demands-more-from-tourism-fund-3288/#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:11:26 +0000 admin Western Bureau: THE TOURISM Enhancement Fund (TEF) has spent $15 million more than the estimated $40 million projected to implement the traffic-management system for Montego Bay.

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]]> http://www.everytingjamaican.com/news/montego-bay-traffic-changes-begin-today-project-demands-more-from-tourism-fund-3288/feed/ 0 http://www.everytingjamaican.com/news/montego-bay-traffic-changes-begin-today-project-demands-more-from-tourism-fund-3288/ Youth parliamentarians to focus on school violence “… Join in on Gully vs Gaza issue http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EverythingJamaican/~3/arCnOgEpChA/ http://www.everytingjamaican.com/news/youth-parliamentarians-to-focus-on-school-violence-join-in-on-gully-vs-gaza-issue-3289/#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:11:25 +0000 admin The National Youth Parliamentary Watch (NYPW) will be looking at ways to tackle violence in schools.

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]]> http://www.everytingjamaican.com/news/youth-parliamentarians-to-focus-on-school-violence-join-in-on-gully-vs-gaza-issue-3289/feed/ 0 http://www.everytingjamaican.com/news/youth-parliamentarians-to-focus-on-school-violence-join-in-on-gully-vs-gaza-issue-3289/ UWI graduates called to action http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EverythingJamaican/~3/sXGhIXxDIBQ/ http://www.everytingjamaican.com/news/uwi-graduates-called-to-action-3287/#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:11:01 +0000 admin FRESHLY MINTED graduates were yesterday called to action by managing director of The Gleaner Company Limited, Oliver Clarke, as he encouraged them to take advantage of the opportunities which lie in Jamaica and the wider…

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]]> http://www.everytingjamaican.com/news/uwi-graduates-called-to-action-3287/feed/ 0 http://www.everytingjamaican.com/news/uwi-graduates-called-to-action-3287/ Errant motorists penalised http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EverythingJamaican/~3/_QC3ZGXnSzM/ http://www.everytingjamaican.com/news/errant-motorists-penalised-3284/#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:11:58 +0000 admin THE POLICE are reporting major success in their efforts to crack down on wayward motorists.

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]]> http://www.everytingjamaican.com/news/errant-motorists-penalised-3284/feed/ 0 http://www.everytingjamaican.com/news/errant-motorists-penalised-3284/ English queen dumps crown, Lovers’ brawl prompts Jamaican Brit to give up title http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EverythingJamaican/~3/ufO-ibA7yiE/ http://www.everytingjamaican.com/news/english-queen-dumps-crown-lovers-brawl-prompts-jamaican-brit-to-give-up-title-3282/#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:11:19 +0000 admin Rachel Christie, a beauty queen of Jamaican ancestry who this year became the first black woman to wear the Miss England crown, on Thursday relinquished her title after being…

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]]> http://www.everytingjamaican.com/news/english-queen-dumps-crown-lovers-brawl-prompts-jamaican-brit-to-give-up-title-3282/feed/ 0 http://www.everytingjamaican.com/news/english-queen-dumps-crown-lovers-brawl-prompts-jamaican-brit-to-give-up-title-3282/ Chronic absence of leadership – JCC president http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EverythingJamaican/~3/xm5Iu2SphoI/ http://www.everytingjamaican.com/news/chronic-absence-of-leadership-jcc-president-3285/#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:11:55 +0000 admin PRESIDENT OF the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC) Milton Samuda says Jamaica is facing a leadership crisis. He contended that part of the reason for the country’s woes was a “chronic absence of leadership, integrity and…

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]]> http://www.everytingjamaican.com/news/chronic-absence-of-leadership-jcc-president-3285/feed/ 0 http://www.everytingjamaican.com/news/chronic-absence-of-leadership-jcc-president-3285/ Recession rocks Bartons small businesses http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EverythingJamaican/~3/nqOSx__8oLE/ http://www.everytingjamaican.com/news/recession-rocks-bartons-small-businesses-3276/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:11:40 +0000 admin While most Jamaicans have accepted that the global economic recession has hit the country hard, the scale of the devastation is yet to be appreciated by many. However, in rural Jamaica the impact of the recession is clearly visible on the streets…

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]]> http://www.everytingjamaican.com/news/recession-rocks-bartons-small-businesses-3276/feed/ 0 http://www.everytingjamaican.com/news/recession-rocks-bartons-small-businesses-3276/ Suspects identified in Xtras manager’s killing http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EverythingJamaican/~3/EbtIgD6X_jI/ http://www.everytingjamaican.com/news/suspects-identified-in-xtras-managers-killing-3279/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:11:57 +0000 admin The doors were slammed shut on the two Xtras stores in the Mall Plaza, St Andrew, yesterday as people reacted to the fatal shooting of their manager, Sandra Supersad, on Wednesday evening. By mid-morning yesterday, curious passers-by, workers…

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