Ready, set, hoe! - Five farmers to plant seeds of agri revolution
An army of young farmers being assembled by the Ministry of Agriculture under the Young Farmers' Project will today start their mission to help make Jamaica a net exporter of food. A small brigade of five will kick-start the operation with a ground offensive on the earmarked terrain...
The other famous Ottey - St James footballer kicks stereotypes to the kerb
WESTERN BUREAU: At age 16, St James High School daCosta Cup football star Allan Ottey is already a household name in Jamaica. He builds on the legacy of another illustrious athlete from western Jamaica, Merlene Ottey, who brought fame to the island on the running track...
Carnage in Montego Bay - Gunmen invade dance, killing four
WESTERN BUREAU: Divisional commander for the St James police, Superintendent Maurice Robinson, is appealing for calm following a quadruple murder in the parish yesterday.Robinson is also calling for witnesses and others with information...
No woman no cry - Despite abuse and inequity, females challenged to fight on
Watching a blind Kimiela Isaacs deliver, without great effort but with utmost conviction, her version of the Yolanda Adams' gospel song, Still I Rise, was the perfect herald to yesterday's celebration of International Women's Day at the New Testament...
Peace warriors come from near and far
Chairperson for the Violence Prevention Alliance, Dr Elizabeth Ward, said she was overwhelmed with the support given to yesterday's hosting of a peace march.Ward told The Gleaner that the initiative was first held on the anniversary of Bob Marley's ...
Face of fibroids getting younger
Minnette Powell, 43, has been living with uterine fibroids for the more than two decades. She was diagnosed with the illness when she was pregnant with her first child. But more alarming is the fact that the incidence of fibroids, once considered 'an older woman's disease'...
Missing biker found dead in gully
A two-year-old girl is now without a father after his decomposing body was discovered in a gully behind the defunct Alpha Infant School on South Camp Road in Kingston yesterday morning. Dead is 25-year-old Conrod Reid, a pastry chef, of 12 1/2 Hilldene Avenue...