'They have no integrity' - Youths want reform of political system in Jamaica
"They are hypocrites!" That was the strongly expressed opinion on Jamaica's politicians, coming from a group of young people yesterday at a Gleaner Editors' Forum.The youths, who are of voting age, and from inner-city communities in the Corporate Area...
JAMAICA 2007 Electoral Debates - Crime should have been focus - Analyst
Political analyst Charlene Sharpe Pryce has criticised both participants in the first national debate for not putting the country's number one problem - crime and violence - as a priority in the first six months of of any new administration...
Prime Minister of Jamaica announces Cultural Industry Development Fund
WITH ABENG in hand and, as she claims, victory is in sight, Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller on Tuesday night announced the establishment of a Cultural Industry Development Fund, which she says will give Jamaicans an opportunity to make good on their artistic...
Crime, education and lack of jobs trouble youth
Crime and violence, unemployment and educational challenges were the recurring concerns expressed by a group of 14 inner-city youths at a Gleaner Editors' Forum held yesterday at the offices of the Dispute Resolution Foundation on South Camp Road...
Imagine that! - Northern Caribbean University (NCU) software team in Microsoft Cup final
Our boys have done it! Jamaica's software design team from the Northern Caribbean University (NCU) has advanced to the finals of Microsoft's Imagine Cup Competition taking place in South Korea. The team of Damion Mitchell, 25; Ayson Baxter, 22; Conroy Smith, 22; and Imran Allie...
THE GIFT OF PROPHECY - Is it always positive?
The very nature of God is loving, caring and compassionate. Everything that He says emanates from His heart of love. In Matthew 5 v 17, Jesus, the Messiah and prophet says, "I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil." So it was when Adam and Eve failed God, in making the wrong choice....
No new malaria cases
The Ministry of Health yesterday reported that there have been no newly confirmed cases of malaria in the island within the last five weeks. Dr. Eva Lewis-Fuller, acting head of the Malaria Prevention and Control Programme, said the absence of cases over this period...
New attitude towards HIV
The new wayof dealing with HIV/AIDS is not only to tell people to use a condom but to address the secondary factors, including gender inequality and violence, says Dr. Mukesh Kapila, special representative of the Secretary General (HIV), International Federation of Red Cross.
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