Fearful future - Religious leaders predict mixed bag for Jamaica in 2007
ONLY TIME will tell what 2007 holds, but if you believe in prophecy, look for a mixed bag. Pastor Phillip Phinn of the Word of Life Ministries International, based on Maxfield Avenue, Kingston, and Bishop Delford Davis, of Power of Faith Ministries...
Charles Hyatt takes final bow
CHARLES HYATT, the goggle-eyed comedian whose antics thrilled Jamaican theatre for over 40 years, died yesterday in Palm Bay, Florida. A relative said Hyatt died from lung cancer, three weeks after he was diagnosed with the disease.
New Year newborns
AT FIRST, it seemed baby Kenrick Kemar Madourie was protesting against having his photograph taken. His small fingers waved about in the air and his mouth, as small as a 10 cent coin, pouted as if he were thinking, "Why didn't you take the picture...
Homeless fêted in Kingston
On New Year's Day, Desmond McKenzie, Mayor of Kingston, treated about 1,500 to 2,000 mostly homeless persons from the city. Mayor McKenzie handed out food and gifts to several street people and those living at institutions for safety...
Carnival atmosphere as Port Antonio residents greet New Year
Clad in an array of colourful clothing, while sporting lighters and whistles, a massive crowd packed the Port Antonio Square in Portland, extending from lower West Street to the old courthouse, in celebrating the genesis of a new year.
MoH stresses that malaria under control... despite high numbers
Although the number of confirmed cases of malaria has reached 186 - 100 more than Government initially claimed to have been anticipating - the Ministry of Health is still maintaining that the disease is under control.
Infant perishes in New Year's fire
WESTERN BUREAU: A Trelawny family is now in mourning, following the death of a two-year-old child, Rickaylia Nelson, who perished in a fire, which gutted her Newton Street home on New Year's Day. Reports are that Rickaylia's mother...
Riverton dump still burning
Residents of communities close to the Riverton City landfill in St. Andrew started the new year in smoke yesterday as the fire at the dump blazed on for the fifth day. The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) advised...
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