CDA to meet targets in three years
THE CHILD Development Agency (CDA) said yesterday that, within three years, it plans to meet targets for several recommendations, still outstanding six months after the release of a damning Children's Homes Report. Alison Anderson, the CDA's CEO, said...

Cherice beams with confidence
IT ONLY took Cherice Dunbar an hour and a half to take the crown as champion of Portland but the National Finals will definitely last longer. "I'm not afraid to spell in front of crowds," says Cherice.

Why Bradford Prep constantly succeeds
PORTLAND IS not the strongest parish when it comes to the National Finals of The Gleaner's Spelling Bee. But one school that seems keen on ruling the roost is Bradford Prep. The school now boasts the last three parish champions and coach, Handel...

Highgate Primary and Junior High celebrates victory
THERE WERE a couple of changes from the norm at the Parish Finals of the Gleaner's Children's Own Spelling Bee 2003/4. One of them was in St. Mary where perennial winners Marymount was overthrown by Patrice Christie from Highgate Primary and Junior...

Patrice Christie, tiny but powerful
HER SHORTNESS was what endeared her to the crowd and she duly responded by winning the St. Mary Parish finals. "I am very nervous and very excited at the same time because it is a fabulous chance to win," she said in a sprightly voice. She thinks that...

'Jamaica could face food crisis'
WESTERN BUREAU: THERE IS concern that Jamaica could face a food crisis if the State does not put a stop to the transformation of the country's best agricultural lands into housing solutions.

Gov't signs $125m contract for road rehab
THE MINISTRY of Local Government on Tuesday awarded contracts valued at $125 million for the rehabilitation of several parochial roads in the Corporate Area and St. Catherine. The contracts will provide for the rehabilitation of about 24 kilometres of...