SAVING BOYS - Semaj gives stirring speech; Bridgeport student determined to change trend
Despite the negatives that might surround him, André Matthon stands resolute in his goal to break the cycle of disillusionment and hopelessness threatening to overcome many of Jamaica's youth.
- One-man circus act amazes audiences
- CSEC performances drop ... but English, Spanish and OA enjoy improvements
- CXC goes YouTubing
'I am truly blessed' - Clarendon senior citizen expresses thanks for outreach programme
Members of the Jamalco Clarification Department recently donned their workman's gear, for the 'umpteenth' time. This time, it was to complete a one-room house for Aman Clarke, an 84-year-old resident of York Town.
JN aids recession-hit customers
Jamaica National intends to rally round its members in the face of rising economic challenges. That's the message the financial institution issued in Mandeville on Thursday, during the first of several financial planning sessions it has organised.
- Finance group keeps the deaf close to heart
- The eight consumer rights
- Super Plus cash crunch - Eight outlets closed, headquarters sold, three stores on market
Lambert's ton lifts Jamaica
It has been a long time coming, but Tamar Lambert hit his second first-class hundred to help front-runners Jamaica post a respectable 272 in their first innings in their 10th-round match against Barbados in the WICB regional four-day competition yesterday.
EDITORIAL - Jamaica's amazing contradictions
Among the more striking anomalies in Jamaica is that of having communities simultaneously saturated with churches and. figuratively, blood, from the crushing level of murders and interpersonal violence which stop short of fatality.
- Tongue in cheek
- Frustrating the poor, hard-working jelly man
- Issue: Non-Jamaican Commonwealth citizens in Parliament?
LETTER OF THE DAY - Think again, Dwight Nelson
The Editor, Sir: I refer to Senator Dwight Nelson's opposition to amending The Women (Employment of ) Act 1942 as part of the flexible work-arrangement review process - Houses of Parliament, March 10, 2009. The act prohibits the employment of women in night work except in specified circumstances.
St Ann endless love
"What is love," were the first words out of Reverend Canon G.B. Prince's mouth as he officially joined together Kingston native Marsha Katherine and Andre Edwards of Mandeville at St Ann's Bay Parish Church last Saturday afternoon.
- Jamaica Awareness celebrates 25th anniversary
- Defence rests in Phil Spector murder retrial
- Soca Junkiez ready to rock
Doctor's advice - Are threesomes risky
I am a female graduate, aged 25, and am involved in a threesome. In other words, I live with two of my friends who were at university with me - one male and one female. If you are wondering, the three of us share a bedroom, and indeed a large bed. And we regard each other as equal sexual partners.
Jamaicans go gaga over Facebook - Biz link-ups, parties, even journalism, breaking new ground
Jamaican Gina-Lee Lawrence pops out her BlackBerry and scrolls to an interconnectivity portal that beats email, text messaging and the old-world relic, the post office. Facebook, the social-networking site which has more than 175 million members, has shrunk the planet into a peanut and broken down more barriers than 100-metre wunderkind, Usain Bolt.