An audience with the 'Dumpling Empress'
I LOVE me a good dumpling. It's true. To me, nothing beats a plump, well-designed, succulent fried dumpling, with just a smidgen of 'salting'. I can taste it now. From that first whiff you get when they are fresh off the fire...
Carib Cement to import
CARIBBEAN CEMENT Company Limited (CCCL) says that it will import some 40,000 metric tonnes (MT) of cement to plug the shortfall in demand which customers have been experiencing over the past month.
Jamaica look for bright start
THE REGIONAL four-day Carib Beer Cup tournament gets underway today with defending champions Jamaica up against the Leeward Islands at Kensington Park.Winners in 1969, 1988, 1989, 1992, 2000 and 2002, Jamaica made it number seven earlier this year...
Female criminality
AS REPORTED elsewhere in today's publication, a female student was along with two of her male colleagues when they were picked up by the St. James police yesterday for possesson of ammunition. Also yesterday, our sister publication, The STAR, reported...
LETTER OF THE DAY - How about a special tax to fight crime?
THE EDITOR, Sir: HAVE YOU ever wondered how an elderly person who is sick with high blood pressure, diabetes, etc., has very little or no family support, being fed and taken care of by the neighbours...
Gospel's musical messenger
GOSPEL HAS a new DJ. And he is ready to minister to the world with his single God's Army. DJ Brandon is a song writer, a DJ, and a young messenger for the Lord. He is signed to Holy Ground Records...
Party in the hills
THIS MANY cars making their way up the long, winding route to Irish Town are usually heading to Strawberry Hill but last Sunday their destination wasn't so far up.
UN ready to assure voter safety
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP): THE UNITED Nations in Haiti presented its security plan yesterday for the upcoming national elections, saying it was ready to assure voter safety for the long-awaited polls.
Toxic river water reaches city's outskirts
HARBIN, China (Reuters): A TOXIC slick of polluted river water reached the outskirts of one of China's biggest cities yesterday, nearly two weeks after an explosion at a petrochemical plant upstream.