Meet a two-year-old reader - Mom home-teaches little Kimeila in Moneague
When 20-year-old Mesha-Gay McKenzie decided to start teaching her then six-month-old daughter to read with the aid of a DVD she bought in Florida, along with flash cards and books, here were many detractors...
40 Clarendon farmers awarded for hard work
As the country continues to record growth in some sectors of the agriculture industry, more than 40 farmers in Clarendon were awarded last week for their hard work in feeding Jamaicans...
Late Trelawny custos to be buried tomorrow
FALMOUTH, Trelawny:Deceased custos of Trelawny, Roylan Barrett, will be laid to rest tomorrow in the Falmouth Cemetery after a thanksgiving service at the Falmouth Baptist Church.Presiding minister will be host pastor, the Reverend Devere Nugent.
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Police, 'Rema' residents split over facts of triple killing
The police and residents in one section of Wilton Gardens, popularly called Rema, are giving different versions of the killing of three men there on Saturday.While the residents claim that it was cold-blooded murder, Deputy...
Children's Villages Jamaica sends out SOS
SOS Children's Villages Jamaica is on a drive to solicit assistance for the children entrusted under the care of quake-affected SOS Children's Villages in Haiti, says national director of SOS Children's Villages Jamaica, Gregory Wint...
New strategies to improve CIB
As the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) implements strategies to tackle the country's crime problem, it has embarked on a process to improve investigative capability within the ranks of the Criminal Investigation...
Murdered Chito was '89 Mom of the Year - Friend expresses sorrow at her passing
Founder of the Jamaica Mother of the Year pageant, Blossom Lamb-Evans, on Monday expressed sorrow at the death of personal portfolio manager of Jamaica Money Market Brokers (JMMB), Karla Chito, the 1989 winner of the contest....
Health ministry 'alert' for spate of diseases - Swine flu was 'dry run' for other outbreaks
While there is an ominous forecast of the possible emergence of a number of new diseases, the Ministry of Health says it is on the alert to reduce the likelihood of cross-island transmission. Last week, Jamaica representative of the Pan American Health Organisation...
Go for growth,Gentles urges coffee farmers
Director general of the Coffee Industry Board (CIB), Christopher Gentles, has called on key players in the sector to embark on new ways to put the industry on a path to sustainable growth. Speaking at a coffee stakeholders' meeting at the Kendal...
Evangelical icon praised for service
The Reverend Alfred Gladstone Stewart, a stalwart of the Jamaica Evangelistic Mission (JEM) whose Christian ministry was as decorated as it was iconic - bucking the trend of white clerical leadership - was laid to rest last...
Politicians laud the late Albert Huie
Prime Minister Bruce Golding has described the late Albert Huie, who died Sunday in the United States after a long illness, as a cultural icon who has made an immense contribution to the development of Jamaican art....