Richards to make blood donating personal
DR. LUNDIE Richards, director of the National Blood Transfusion Service (Blood Bank), has said that he will be applying a more personal approach to encourage more persons to give blood during next year.

William Knibb on top in CXC agri science
WILLIAM KNIBB Memorial High School in Trelawny continues to record excellence in agricultural sciences, with the school once again achieving a 100 per cent pass rate in the subject in the 2004 Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) exams. "It has been four.

Murders soar on holiday weekend
WESTERN BUREAU: EIGHT PERSONS, all male, were murdered in St. James and sections of the Corporate Area between Christmas Day and yesterday, making it a bloody holiday weekend.

Gleaner Honour Award Nominee - Voluntary Service - Answering calls of the helpless
THE CRY of the poor and helpless often falls on deaf ears. Those who do answer the call are themselves frequently forgotten, the significance of their work for the most part, going unnoticed.

Blind patient falls to death at KPH
MYSTERY SURROUNDS the death of Claudia Millford, a 33-year-old blind patient who fell from the third floor of the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) early Monday morning and broke her neck.

Diverted cargo ships return to local ports
THE IMBROGLIO over cargo ships being diverted from local ports in recent weeks due to a serious backlog is now almost completely settled after a majority of the diverted cargo was returned to Jamaica on Christmas Eve.