Jermaine's story (Part 2) - from gun to gospel
After a childhood of hardship and suffering, Jermaine, the unwanted product of an alleged rape, left his relatives' home in Balaclava, St Elizabeth, at age 17, to join his mother in Seaview Gardens, St Andrew. There, the seed of anger, deeply embedded in his brain...
Rita Marley raised not just one star ... a galaxy
Before the Marley family of today became the musical powerhouse that it now is, there were people behind the scenes, working tirelessly to protect the legacy of the musical icon, Bob Marley.Ensuring that the values instilled in the young and impressionable Marley minds...
Final exams scare my daughter
Q I am a single mother of a 15-year-old daughter who is currently preparing for her Caribbean examinations Council examinations in 2009. My concerns go way back to prep school, where she did exceptionally well academically, during the school year.
Palmyra Foundation to supply textbooks to schools across Jamaica
WESTERN BUREAU: In an unprecedented move, the western Jamaica-based, Palmyra Foundation will supply textbooks valued at $20.3 million to infant schools across the country, surpassing last year's donations by 400 per cent...
Motivating my young child to read
Getting your child to experience the joy of reading is quite rewarding. It gives a thrill that can last for a long time. It is essential that your child is motivated to develop a love for reading and not just read because he/she is required to do so...
Steps to successful reading
In order to be a successful reader, it is important that the child be able to discriminate between letters. While playing the game in which he identifies a picture which is different in a series, he is engaging in visual discrimination which is another reading-readiness...
Wet bedding, furniture tell woeful tales
SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine: The tale of woes left by Tropical Storm Gustav was clear in Nightingale Grove, St Catherine, yesterday. Despondent residents struggled to place dozens of mattresses, stereo systems, television sets and furniture outside their houses to be dried...
Portmore, St Ann escape Gustav's wrath
Despite the devastating effect of previous disasters, including loss of lives and costly damage to the nation's infrastructure, disaster preparedness is yet to be approached with the seriousness that it deserves. In The Gleaner's recent series 'Flood prone Jamaica'...
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