'Target garrisons' - Church needs to do more in inner cities
Following the murders of about 40 persons since the start of the year, at least one church leader has suggested that, instead of continuous prayers, the Church needs to move into garrison communities and target dons and other individuals.
The law of 7 and the 7th Prime Minister
Seven is God's number for perfection. This number is used in the Bible about 600 times. The very word perfect has 7 letters. In the bible we find such terms as the 7 spirits of God, the 7 churches, the 7 candlesticks, the 7 stars, the 7 seals...
Windalco investing $3b in lime plant at Kirkvine
Windalco, the owners of two alumina plants in Jamaica, announced yesterday that it will build a new chemical lime facility here to meet the refineries' requirement of 10,000 tonnes a year. Windalco said that it will spend an estimated US$45 million...
Atkinson of Rusea's shooting for the top
Lucea, Hanover: Rusea's High'S 17-year-old midfielder, André Atkinson, has stepped further into the limelight, becoming the latest footballer from his school to be summoned to trials for a national junior football team...
EDITORIAL - Dean Peart's absurdity
IT IS understandable that Minister of Local Government, Dean Peart, would want to reach out for help to quench the fire that had been raging for days at the Riverton City landfill. The fire had caused a pall of heavy...
LETTER OF THE DAY - There is scope for cruise shipping expansion
The Editor, Sir: In the last three months there has been a lot of discussion in tourism circles concerning the inability of the cruise ship sector to absorb the number of ships which want to call on our ports in Jamaica.
Post-Christmas concert 'a feast'
As was to be expected, witticisms and sexual innuendoes flowed into the conversation. A Jamaican male could hardly be accused of causing a "premature climax" without comments of that nature arising.
BE WELL - UNFOLDING your dreams
Year 2007 is full of potentials, possibilities, probabilities. Let's not waste it. The future is in your hands, the world is at your feet. Let's unfold our dreams. "Old papers thrown away, Old garments cast aside, The talk of yesterday...
CUBA - Human rights group sees no change under Raul Castro
HAVANA (Reuters): Respect for human rights has not improved in Cuba under interim leader Raul Castro, though the number of Cubans jailed for political reasons has fallen to 283, the country's main rights watchdog said yesterday.
SOMALIA - 'Many dead' in US strike targeting al Qaida suspects
MOGADISHU (Reuters): Many people were killed in Somalia in a United States air strike targeting al-Qaida suspects among fleeing Islamist fighters, Somali officials said yesterday. The U.S. strike, part of a wide offensive also involving Ethiopian...
