What happened along Miracle Close
One day in April, last year, at about 1:00 p.m. Roshane Johnson is on his verandah along Miracle Close, off the Gordon Town main road, St. Andrew, minding his own business. Along comes a barefooted elderly woman, who expresses an interest in the breadfruits on a tree in his yard.
Irving just two stops from landing record
HOUSTON (AP): TWO STOPS before completing his record-setting, around-the-world flight, Barrington Irving glided into Houston on Saturday with a message for the dozens of students on hand to cheer his arrival." I think this shows it doesn't matter where you come from...
St James cops to wean teens off gangsta glory
WESTERN BUREAU: At-risk youths in St. James are to benefit from a special summer programme which is part of the police's plans to target gang violence in the parish. "We are realising that most of the persons involved in the gangs are young adults, some of them still inhigh school," ...
NCU students to compete in software competition
A team of four students and their teacher from Northern Caribbean University (NCU) beat nearly 5,000 entries from the region to represent the Central America and Caribbean in a worldwide computer software development competition. NCU impressed with their Computer....
Sexual needs of the mentally-ill ignored
While the sexual needs of the mentally-ill are largely ignored, institutional and national health policy must move towards addressing the desire of these individuals to love and be loved. This was the message conveyed by Dr. Joanna Bennett, guest speaker at the recently held...
Eleven schools cease shift system
Minister of Education and Youth, Maxine Henry-Wilson, has said that 11 schools will be removed from the shift system when the new school year starts in September. She was making her contribution to the 2007/08 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives...
Postal Co-op Credit Uniongets top award for 2006
The Jamaica Co-operative Credit Union League Limited and the National Association of Credit Unions held their 66th annual generalmeeting (AGM) of the 47-member Jamaican credit union movement from May 17 to 20. The Postal Co-op Credit Union emerged the winner...
Sports club plans 'Summer Rally'
Competition, and above all else, togetherness, food and fun! That's the plan for the Post and Telecommunications Staff Sports Club's 'Summer Rally' being planned for the months of July and August 2007 at the postal service headquarters, the Central Sorting Office...
Trafigura settlement rejected by citizens
IVORY COAST citizens who suffered damages due to improper toxic waste disposal by the Dutch oil trading company, Trafigura, have rejected their government's offer of compensation.Family members of 16 people who died when the waste was dumped ...
Pastor granted $100K bail for rape
Spanish Town, St. Catherine: The religious fraternity has again been rocked with allegations that one of their own has committed a sexual offence. Rev. Galbert Simmonds of the New Temple Church of God, in Old Harbour, St. Catherine was yesterday granted bail...
CHASE gives to Percy Junor Hospital
Member of Parliament for North East Manchester Audley Shaw, says there is an alarming increase in the number of deaths due to renal failure in the island.This Shaw says is due to the shortage of diagnostic equipment in government hospitals...
Flushing out those kidney stones
Your kidneys are bean-shaped organs, each about the size of your fist. They are located near the middle of your back, just below the ribcage, one on each side of the spine. The kidneys are sophisticated trash collectors.
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