JGRA members warned to pay up
THE NATIONAL Workers Union (NWU) is at odds with some members of the Jamaica Gasolene Retailers' Association (JGRA) for failure to pay over retroactive payments to gas station attendants that were promised to workers in December.
Tsunami survivors desperate for help
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia, (Reuters): STARVING PEOPLE besieged helicopters carrying the first aid to remote Indonesian towns yesterday as frustration grew at the slowness of help a week after tsunamis devastated Indian Ocean coastlines.
Orphan gets assistance
THE CARLA Seaga-led Social Support Fund, has come to the assistance of 11-year-old Oshane Lee of St. Thomas Technical High School, who was orphaned within a week.
Spectacular fireworks display on the waterfront
PEACE WAS on the minds of many persons who welcomed the new year at the Kingston waterfront on New Years Eve amid the booming fireworks that lit up the night sky ticks after 12:00 am. But afterwards, party-goers sobered up and wished for..
Starting the new year in church
CHURCHGOERS ACROSS upper-St. Andrew flocked to houses of worship on Friday night, seeking the Word of the Lord during the traditional watchnight services to ring in the new year. A large gathering of the young and old spilled out into the courtyard of...
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