Basic schools are on feeding programme
THE MINISTRY of Education and Youth has denied claims made in a Government-commissioned report on the early childhood sector that basic schools are excluded from the State's school-feeding programme.
... Government funded meal not nutritious
Dr. Garth Officer, consultant nutritionist, said that the nutri- bun, milk and the cooked lunch provided under the Government's school-feeding programme is not a nutritious diet.
'Too late shall be your cry, Golding'
THE OPPOSITION, the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), through its leader Bruce Golding, on Tuesday questioned the Government's decision to spend some US$100 million to host the 2007 World Cup of cricket...
Why host Cricket World Cup 2007?
WHY DID the Government decide to support the West Indies as hosts of the World Cup, and why is it spending so much money preparing for it? Apart from the bragging rights of having hosted the World Cup, the answer is that, like the other governments...
Pill kills six-year-old
SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland: SIX-YEAR-OLD SHANELLE Williams, a student at the Savanna-la-Mar Infant School, died Tuesday after ingesting an unknown quantity of her mother's pink heart-shaped pills, which were left in a drawer.
Measures to deter duppies
WAYS TO PREVENT A DUPPY FROM MOLESTING YOU:* If you point at a grave you have to bite your 10 fingers or they will rot. * Coming home late at night? Turn around three times at the gate so that the duppy will not follow you in.
Southern Region to benefit from new obstetric theatre at Mandeville Hospital
THE NATIONAL Health Fund (NHF) has approved a grant of $10 million for the Mandeville Regional Hospital, to establish an operating theatre dedicated to obstetric surgical cases. The Mandeville Hospital is the referral centre for obstetric...
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