Drug relief imminent at public health facilities in Jamaica
Patients who are unable to get certain types of medication in public pharmacies across the island are to soon to get relief as the Ministry of health and environment moves this week to review the vital, essential and necessary (VEN) list. The World Health Organisation recommend...
Cops struggle to find Peter King exhibits
The police are having difficulty in locating all the exhibits that were removed from the house of Ambassador Peter King, who was fatally stabbed at his St Andrew residence in March 2006. The disclosure was made Monday when the man charged with King's murder appeared in the Home Circuit Court....
People's National Party (PNP) to celebrate 70 years
REFLECTION AND renewal will be high on the agenda for the People's National Party (PNP) when it observes its 70th anniversary with a series of events starting next week. This year's Founders' Day, on September 18, marks the first time in 18 years that the PNP will be out of government....
KC, St George's old boys decry violence
The old boys' associations of Kingston College and St George's College Monday expressed concern about the feud last week between the two North Street neighbours, which left two boys nursing stab wounds.The clashes were sparked when a female student was slapped ...
Clerics rebuke Government for casinos
SEVERAL CHURCH leaders are calling on the Government to reverse its decision to introduce casino gambling in Jamaica, arguing that the practice would only serve to further damage the moral fabric of the society. Pastor of the Mandeville New Testament Church of God...
Jamaicans asked to cut salt intake
MONTEGO BAY, ST JAMES: A group of Jamaican-born medical professionals and their American colleagues are urging Jamaicans to curtail the excessive use of salt in their diet to prevent some of the common diseases associated with hypertension. The call came after the group...
THE CASINO DEBATE - Gambling, solution to high public debt?
THE EDITOR, Sir: I read the gambling-related articles and editorials with great interest because the topic was discussed at length in my 'Young Jamaicans Unite' group on Face-book. Each contributor had his own perspective, but we were forced to conduct research and some of my discoveries ...
Casino gambling is going to be another Cash Plus
THE EDITOR, Sir: I am a Christian, and even though I have gambled, I know that it is not something that we as a nation should take up wholeheartedly.Why? In our society, we have examples of activities that we have got ourselves into which hurt us...
'We're not into it, Mr Prime Minister'
THE EDITOR, Sir: With all the talk about casino legalisation in Jamaica, I decided to see how casino has helped Singapore. So I did a search on 'Singapore gaming'.
Move beyond your fear
It is impossible with finite minds to know how many dreams were unfulfilled, how many ideas were stillborn, how many great and transcendental feats were never accomplished because of fear. Recently, a friend and I were driving past a cemetery and he remarked, "You know, that place...
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