'I have been blessed' - Rev Hugh Neil gets ready to retire after 47 years
Leaning back in his chair inside his modestly decorated office, Reverend Hugh Neil reflects on how things around him have changed.He is 78 years old now and has been associate pastor at the Church of the Open Bible on Washington Boulevard...
Becoming a household name - Cosmo's Seafood Restaurant
In 1976, when Cosmo Brown decided to set up a seafood restaurant in Negril, Westmoreland, everyone thought he was mad. He had approached the Urban Development Corporation to lease a piece of land that looked more like woodland...
Gilbert gives back
With the start of the hurricane season on June 1, the word Gilbert causes many persons to shudder as they recall very graphic and frightening memories of the infamous hurricane that ravaged the island on September 12, 1988. It was that same morning...
Little London mourns murdered cabinetmaker
The town of Little London woke up to the gruesome slaying of 29-year-old Donovan Maitland, a cabinetmaker, who was gunned down as he departed his home for Kingston. Another man was injured in the incident while two women at the scene were unhurt...
Ministry introduces course in procurement
The Ministry of Finance's Procurement Policy Implementation Unit has embarked on an intensive 12-week training programme, expected to equip some 2,000 public-sector workers to operate within the Government's new procurement guidelines...
NIS 'gives away' man's pension
Sixty-nine-year-old Roy Williams said his living condition is now deteriorating after failing efforts to receive his National Insurance Scheme (NIS) payment in March.Williams said he was to receive a payment of $249,000,...
Teacher starts group for Jamaican children
Like most teachers, Shikira Chang keeps busy by grading papers and helping her students study for exams, according to a report by Micaela Hood on the Miami Herald website.Summer is here now but Chang said she does not plan on kicking back and taking it...
Jamaica Journal editor remembered
Leeta Mary Hearne, a woman described as having "a sharp mind, sharp tongue and a wicked sense of humour", was remembered in a thanksgiving service on Wednesday at the University Chapel in St Andrew.
A special caregiver departs
Millicent Maud Townsend, affectionately called 'Miss Rob', 'Sister Millie' and 'Aunt Millie' of 5 Princess Alice Way, Kingston 7, and formerly of London, United Kingdom, was a kind, compassionate and caring mother who not only looked out...
Phillipo Baptist Church completes $25m restoration
Spanish Town's historic Phillipo Baptist Church has received a $25-million restoration, and is again the pride and joy of residents of the St Catherine capital.The church was damaged during Hurricane Dean in 2007, which ripped the roof off the building...
New rector at Kingston Parish Church
After more than 30 years of outstanding service in the Anglican Church in the United States of America, Jamaican-born the Rt Rev E. Don Taylor has returned home to take up duties as rector of the Kingston Parish Church. Bishop Taylor's appointment...
Scotiabank, MoH recognise Int'l Testing Day
In recognition of International Testing Day, being observed on June 27, Scotiabank and the National HIV/STI Programme, Ministry of Health (MoH), have joined forces to host an HIV Testing Day in Jamaica on Friday, June 26. Nine Scotiabank branches across...