Jamaican does it again! - Canadian university gives posthumous honour more than a century after his death
Jamaica-born Robert Sutherland, Canada's first-known black university student and graduate, as well as British North America's first-known lawyer of colour, last month received a posthumous honour from his alma mater when Queen's University named a building on campus...
Nomination day is here!
Nothing gets Jamaicans stirred up like politics and in West Portland yesterday it was evident that the political heat was building.Today is nomination day for the highly anticipated by-election between the governing Jamaica Labour Party's (JLP) Daryl Vaz and the Opposition...
Probe into Rowe's 'intimidation' jab - Blair investigating candidate's comments - JLP writes to DPP, commissioner of police
THE PEOPLE'S National Party (PNP) candidate in the by-election for the West Portland seat could be in trouble with Political Ombudsman Bishop Herro Blair for utterances he made on a political platform in Portland on Wednesday night...
Cushioning the recession - Ministry offers training, loans for those who have lost jobs
The Ministry of Labour is offering free training opportunities to persons who have lost their jobs in recent weeks. Soft loans are also being made available to persons who have been sent home and who want to start small businesses with their redundancy...
GHETTO GEMS - 'I wanted to be a don'
WESTERN BUREAU: Paradise Rowe, an inner-city enclave close to the Montego Bay city centre, is stained by stigma common to hundreds of ghettos across Jamaica. But amid the difficult conditions there, popular photographer Alan Lewin has refused to be confined by that snapshot of poverty...
Firefighters ignite the spirit of learning
Firefighters are known for their valiant efforts to save and rescue persons and property from the searing arms of fire. Those who have had the opportunity to witness them in action know the levels of bravery associated with the job. However, few are aware of another bold aspect...
Piano kills 5-year-old
Western Bureau: Tragedy struck at a basic school in the Tucker-Irwin area of St James yesterday afternoon when a little girl died after an abandoned piano in a schoolyard fell on her.Dead is five-year-old McKalia Wallace, of Tucker-Irwin, who was a grade-two student...
Mayor snorts at Jamaica's drug haven label
WESTERN BUREAU: Mayor of Kingston Desmond McKenzie repudiated recent references in the international media to Jamaica as a drug haven.McKenzie said, according to the National Council on Drug Abuse, there were just under 200,000 Jamaicans addicted to drugs.
ECJ to send report on party funding to Parliament
A COMPREHENSIVE report on the regulation and funding of political parties in Jamaica will, in the next two months, be submitted by the Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ) to the country's legislature.Chairman of the ECJ, Professor Errol Miller...