Held 'hostage' by husband
Dear Mrs Walker-Huntington, I am in a situation in which I need your advice. I met a young man in the United States about seven years ago and we started dating. I was visiting for the summer. I returned to Jamaica to continue school ...
Bridal-party problem
Dear Mr Bassie, I am a Jamaican and I have never travelled outside of Jamaica. My best friend from school days has lived in the United Kingdom for the last 20 years and is planning to get married next year and would like me ...
Jamaican-born Muslim cleric to be deported
London: THE KENYAN authorities were reported yesterday to be planning to deport Jamaican-born Muslim cleric, Abdullah el-Faisal, who may have helped inspire the Nigerian man accused of trying to bomb an American airliner headed to Detroit on Christmas...
Guyanese illegal immigrants return home
Guyana, (CMC): THE GOVERNMENT of Guyana says at least 32 nationals who did not qualify for the amnesty granted to illegal immigrants by Barbados are reintegrating themselves under a scheme being conducted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs...
Rapid True Value forms valuable 'union' - Customers to benefit from Western Union-Bill Express partnership
THERE IS a new section in four Rapid True Value outlets across Jamaica which are expanding on the nuts and bolts (plus just about anything required for home maintenance and improvement) of the business they are renown for. It is an inward expansion of sorts...
Healthy resolutions
January is a good month for making changes. Making a positive step in the direction of good health is a wonderful way to ring in the new year. But for the majority of individuals, New Year's resolutions do not last for long.
New Year's message - Ready to take on this year's challenges
We enter 2010 on a high note as, once again, policemen and women demonstrated their professionalism, steadfast and dedicated to duty, giving further credence and authority to our motto of serving, protecting and reassuring...
Probation office treats needy
RESIDENTS OF the Marie Atkins Shelter for the Homeless, 65 Hanover Street in Kingston, were fêted recently by the Corporate Area Probation Office of the Department of Correctional Services.
Dear Counsellor - Love, sex & marriage
Q. I am a student of a prominent university about to graduate later this year with a bachelor's in computer science. I am a Christian and this is first and foremost in my life. However, not many people have similar beliefs I have about sex. I feel marriage...
International briefs
Supermarket's heroin sales - BOXES OF heroin have reportedly been found in a Spanish supermarket's plantain deliveries. Police in Madrid have uncovered over 25 kilograms of the Class A drug hidden in containers holding the yellow fruit...