Tree destroys house as heavy rains continue
A family of five lost their four-bedroom house that they called home for the last seven years when a mango tree and dirt crashed into the dwelling on Monday, crumbling it into pieces. On Wednesday, a despondent Dellisser Thomas and Sharon Rose-Thomas stood at the roadside....
Wolmer's Old Boys to mentor youths
Twenty students of the Wolmer's High School for Boys, faced with academic, social and financial challenges, will soon be benefiting from a recently launched mentorship programme through the school's old boys association. Khalil Stephenson, chair of the Wolmer's Old Boys Association...
Duncan's appeal put off
The appeal brought by People's National Party (PNP) candidate Dr.D.K. Duncan, seeking to set aside an order last week which stopped the recounting of ballots in the Eastern Hanover constituency, has been put off to October 16. When the matter came for hearing in the Court of Appeal...
Vaz dual citizenship case set for Oct 31
A NEW date has been set in the dual citizenship case which People's National Party (PNP) candidate Abe Dabdoub has brought against Daryl Vaz, Member of Parliament for Western Portland constituency. The hearing was set for October 16, but Vaz applied for another date...
My encounters with Sir John Compton
Although my encounters with Sir John Compton were minimal, I looked upon him as one of the greatest elders in our society. In my time as a journalist he struck me as one dedicated to the cause, hard-working and persistently unmoveable. He struck me as the last nationalist politician...
The gleaner honour awards - Going the distance
After 24 years of working together, they finish each other's sentences. Dr. Christine Marrett and Vilma McClenan are both project officers at the University of the West Indies' (UWI) Distance Education Centre, and part of a small core staff complement at the facility located...
Montego Bay convention centre delay no problem, says JHTA
WESTERN BUREAU: The Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) says it welcomes the announcement by Government that it will postpone the construction date of the Montego Bay Convention Centre, as long as it does not result in an ultimate cancellation of the project....
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