US, Jamaica partnership to fight drug smugglers
IT'S MIDNIGHT and maritime law enforcement officers suspect a major drug smuggling exercise is about to unfold at sea. Instantly, two high-speed security vessels take off for the smugglers, but their decent must be a surprise.

Jamaican gets special mention
TORONTO, Canada: TWENTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD JAMAICAN, Junior Bennett, who came to Canada 10 years ago, received a special mention from Toronto Mayor David Miller at the Mayor's Community Safety Awards last Wednesday.

Canada making citizenship easier for children adopted overseas
TORONTO: PRIME MINISTER Stephen Harper has announced that the federal government will make it easier for parents to obtain Canadian citizenship for children they adopt overseas. Speaking in Mississauga at a venue he spoke at during his election...

United Church of Christ group - Placing inner-city students in United States colleges
AT LEAST eight Jamaican students have earned scholarships since 1997 to study at universities in the United States through the Christian-based Catalyst Programme. The United Church of Christ group, based in Columbus, Ohio, has been working...

Water crisis hits 'rock bottom'
THE EXTENDED drought now affecting the island has been taking a toll on several parishes, which are reporting a shortage of water. But according to Dr. Kenneth Baugh, Member of Parliament for West Central St. Catherine, the situation has reached 'rock...

Digicel gives to Widow's Mite Home
THE DIGICEL Foundation officially opened and handed over a new computer room and physiotherapy room to the Widow's Mite Home located at Murray Mount in St. Ann on Friday, May 12. This was part of a workday that was put on by the Foundation at the home.