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Jamaican engineer designs low-cost prostheses

“Come, talk to me. I want to know what you’re thinking,” the man with the friendly face says to a younger man sitting in the chair just metres away from him. The younger man, 30-year-old Omar Wilson, appears apprehensive. [...]

Jet passenger held in airline mercury spill

An airline passenger faces United States federal charges after illegally carrying mercury that leaked inside his suitcase, forcing Puerto Rico’s main international airport to shut down several terminals and delay numerous flights…. Read [...]

St Ann honours Gleaner-featured entrepreneur

The St Ann Homecoming and Heritage Committee recently honoured one of the parish’s young entrepreneurs, Marvin Gooden, head of a wine-making company based in Ocho Rios. Gooden came to public attention following an article in The Gleaner [...]

Gov’t to aid farmers with irrigation

The Government has outlined a number of measures to assist the island’s farmers with irrigation as local meteorologists predict continued dry weather for the next two months.Drought has already reduced crop production, which declined drastically [...]

Should Shaw go? – Analysts have mixed views on whether the finance minister should resign

Finance Minister Audley Shaw is coming under increasing pressure as Jamaica faces what is widely accepted as one of its worst economic challenges since Independence. With several questions being asked, even before he was given control of the [...]
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