Contracts signed for repair of infirmaries
THE MINISTRY of Local Government has signed two contracts totalling $12 million for the repair and rehabilitation of the Santa Cruz Infirmary in St. Elizabeth, and the Grey Ground Infirmary in Manchester.

'Go forward with faith and commitment'
TODAY WE celebrate our 41st anniversary of Independence. For the most part, on that momentus occasion on August 6, 1962, Jamaicans saw themselves as joint partners in the fervour to take their country forward.

MOMENTS WITH MISS LOU
"Dis long time gal me never see you Come mek me hol' yu han'"

Noh lickle twang! - JA'S CULTURAL ICON RETURNS
THIS YEAR'S Emancipation and Independence celebrations have acquired an almost magical quality - a vivacity and soul - not experienced in recent years.

Labrish with Miss Lou
SHE RETURNED to a hero's welcome last week Wednesday. It is her first visit home since she emigrated to Canada in 1987. Thoughts of home have never left her heart and in her adopted country, Louise Bennett-Coverley (Miss Lou)...

Tribute to an icon
Miss Lou fearlessy penned hundreds of poems about different aspects of Jamaican life. Here we present some of her poems.

Tribute to an icon
A Jamaican advice to Britain on how to win the war - not by bombs and guns, submarines or propaganda but by obeah (Jamaican witchcraft)! ...