Three's not a crowd - Trio of STATHS teachers provide needy students with head start
They were employed to teach but Carol Jennings-Smith, Jacquelin Greenland and Curline Christie of St Andrew Technical High School (STATHS) have gone the extra mile. The teachers, among other educators, have established a school welfare committee....
Giving to others like it's going out of style
Hi, Mi neighbours! What a week last week was! Sometimes the things we hear happening 'round us make us feel weak. But we have to be strong and fight back, knowing that good must overcome evil...
Used-car imports collapse - New-car dealers want duties slashed
Used-car imports have collapsed under pressure from the global recession, striking a major blow to the industry which suffered a more than tenfold decline in year-over-year monthly stock imports in January, its biggest tumble ever...
West Indies win series at last
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC): West Indies held on grimly for a draw in the fifth and final Test yesterday to secure a series victory over England for the first time in 11 years. West Indies were set 240 for victory from a minimum of 66 overs after...
EDITORIAL - Beware of Gordon Brown's initiative
Writing in The Sunday Gleaner, Mr Don Wehby, minister without portfolio in the finance ministry, returned to a subject that is clearly dear to him and for which he has responsibility for implementation: establishing Jamaica as a centre for international financial services...
LETTER OF THE DAY - 'Humanure' eco-friendly
The Editor, Sir: Nothing will benefit human health and increase our chances of survival unless we can develop sustainable and environmentally friendly systems.The recent brouhaha regarding the use of 'humanure' as fertiliser should be welcomed...
'Music Unites!' formalises decades of support
To term 'Music Unites!' an entirely new entity would be like dropping the turntable's needle in the middle of a shiny black disc and ignoring all that had come before. Still, the organisation, formally launched last Monday in the amphitheatre of the Edna Manley College...
Tanny is our winner!
My first visit to Mico University College; my first meeting with Tanica Plummer, winner of the Gleaner Health section's 'Lose the weight and keep it off!' challenge. I was sitting outside the campus' Heritage Café on a stone bench under the cool shade of a huge...