Terror alarm in Caribbean - Foiled bomb plot triggers fear - Muslimeen 'haven of hatred' - No al-Qaida link identified - Poverty breeding extremism
New York Police Chief Raymond Kelly is warning of an increasing terrorism threat from the Caribbean after four men - three originally from Guyana and one from Trinidad and Tobago - were named in an alleged plot to blow up the John F. Kennedy International Airport...
Lesson of love for inner-city kids
Despite the promise shown among the young in the Kingston inner city of Bay Farm Villas, violence can always snuff it out, says social worker Marlene Rowe. And Rowe knows this only too well, bearing two bullet scars - one in her shoulder and the other in her ankle...
Local cop confirms Woolmer wasn't slain
A senior local police officer close to the Bob Woolmer investigation has confirmed that the Pakistan cricket team coach was not murdered. Speaking on condition of anonymity, the police officer acknowledged to The Gleaner that Woolmer died of natural...
Gully, drain monitor grid proposed
Bruce Golding has called for the implementation of a national grid to plot and monitor water-ways, gullies, drains and culverts to help streamline disaster-mitigation strategies The Opposition Leader's recommendation came via an address read by Member of Parliament...
'Shower' fails to rain on Portia's parade...As Golding blasts PM for attack on media
LUCEA, Hanover: Bruce Golding, the Leader of the Opposition, on Friday chided the Prime Minister for her recent comments about unfair media coverage, as the country's major political parties saturated Hanover's two constituencies with motorcades between Thursday and Saturday.
PIECES OF THE PAST - Deadly superstitions
When a person dies, his/her position in death should be changed so as to confuse the spirit of the dead ...Burials should be scheduled for early in the morning or from 5-6 p.m., never in the middle of the day ...If you talk loudly at night, a duppy will injure you...
Procedures for voting
Please note some of the new procedures for voting in the next national election. If an elector votes openly, that is, reveals how he/she is going to vote on the ballot paper in the voting station...
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