Jamaica Gleaner News published: Saturday | October 15, 2005
Regional call for unity to thwart bird flu outbreak
THE CARIBBEAN Poultry Association (CPA) is calling for the ministries of health and agriculture in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to quickly implement several recommendations by experts to boost the region's preparedness in...
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Ocho Rios, St. Ann A 36-year-old labourer was sentenced to life imprisonment on Thursday in the St. Ann Circuit Court after he was found guilty of murder.
"THE IDEA that most young people have is that a farmer is merely a man with a fork and a stained shirt!" says St. Thomas farmer, Nkyrumah Green. They couldn't be more mistaken. Mr. Green is the livelihood officer of the Women's Resource and Outreach...
ABOUT THREE months ago, it was shaping up to be a normal working day at the Geon construction site on Old Hope Road. Then at about noon, a man armed with a gun walked on to the site and fatally shot a worker. Fear gripped the site. Work...
