Dear peace - Group vows to maintain calm despite the price
Children curfews, parenting workshops and football competitions are just some of the strategies members of the Kingston and St Andrew Action Forum (KSAAF) have been using to return their communities to a family-friendly state. The men and women who make up the forum live ...
Building leaders - the Obistan model
It may be small in size but it is big on exceptional performances. Around since 1971, Obistan Kinder Preparatory continues to produce excellent and well-rounded students, many of whom have become successful in many fields...
Sex Offences Bill withdrawn
Prime Minister Bruce Golding last Tuesday in Gordon House withdrew the Sexual Offences Bill. He said that a significant number of amendments had to be made following the debate and thus the bill needed to be reprinted...
Health authority trains workers to treat diabetes
Fifty-two health-care workers within the South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA) are now better equipped with the necessary skills to help diabetic patients control their condition.The personnel, who included doctors, nurses, nutritionists, and dieticians...
St Thomas infirmary rears own poultry
The St Thomas Infirmary is now self-sufficient in poultry, as the protein source is produced on the premises in Morant Bay.Financing of the project, valued at some US$10,400, was provided by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United...
'Black Farmer' wants Chippenham - Entrepreneur Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones bids for UK constituency seat
TORONTO, Canada: Jamaica-born British entrepreneur, Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones, has ambitions of becoming the Conservative Party's member of Parliament (MP) for Chippenham, and the first black candidate to run in that constituency for which he was selected...
Tough tax penalties coming next month
The Government is warning that it will employ stiff tax penalties to fill the shortfall which will be revealed in the next Budget presentation in April. Prime Minister Bruce Golding says there are sectors of the society that can pay taxes, but are not doing so and he says...
One to Watch: Boys' & Girls' Champs
Defying Murphy's Law - Name: Jazeel MurphyDate of birth: February 27, 1994Class: TwoSchool: Bridgeport HighEvents: 100m, 200mPR: 10.42 (100m), 21.69 (200m)Main rivals: He names defending champion, Calabar's Travis Drummond, as the 200m danger.