Members of the congregation take part in the Royal Air Forces Association (RAFA) Jamaica 580 Branch 68th anniversary service of thanksgiving for victory in the Battle of Britain. The service was held on Sunday, September 14 at the Garrison Church of the Ascension. From left are April Salisbury, Colonel Salisbury, Defence Colonel, British High Commissioner, Keith Levy, president, RAFA and Weeville Gordon, Custos of Kingston. - Contributed

Bishop says get-rich-quick mentality the root of crime

MANDEVILLE, MANCHESTER:

Anglican Bishop, Reverend Dr Alfred Reid has come out to say too many Jamaicans were suffering from the get-rich-quick mentality.

He said at the root of some of our problems is that many of us do not have a long-term view of the future but bought into a culture of "want it all and want it now".

This, he said is "the essence of a criminal mentality", which is sometimes misinterpreted as "ambition".

Bishop Reid who was the preacher at the Mile Gully High School's 10th Anniversary thanksgiving service on Sunday said in order to have a bright and sustained future, ordinary people would have to build on the good of the past.

- Angelo Laurence

Historic bridge to be restored

SPANISH TOWN, ST CATHERINE:

The Jamaica National Heritage Trust has signed a contract worth $12 million with Surrey Construction to refurbish the Ole Iron Bridge in St Catherine.

A function was held on Thursday at the Greendale Holy Childhood Centre where Earl Taylor, director of the company, signed the contract, stipulating that work on the 200-year-old bridge begin within two weeks.

The project will take three months.

Persons from the area will be employed but will be guided by certified personnel.

The bridge that connects sections of Thompson Pen to Spanish Town is over the Rio Cobre and documents support the fact that it was erected in 1801 at a cost of £4,000 and is one of two in the world. The other is now a national monument in Australia.

- Rasbert Turner

Gunmen kill bartender

SAVANNA-LA-MAR, WESTMORELAND:

Demerse Rose, a 25-year-old bartender, was shot and killed by masked robbers at his home in Little London, Westmoreland, on Thursday.

The police say Rose was at his house when gunmen posing as police officers kicked in his door and demanded money. They stole a cheque valued at $426,210 and $5,000 in cash.

His father, Delroy Rose, who heard the commotion and went to investigate, was also robbed of $25,000.00. The younger Rose, who made a run for it when the robbers were dealing with his father, was shot several times.

He was taken to the Savanna-la-Mar Hospital where he was pronounced dead. The robbers escaped.

The Little London police have asked the drawer of the cheque to put a stop order on it and have put business persons on red alert for a cheque payable to Demerse Rose.

The family and friends of the slain man were distraught and angry over the killing, saying that Rose was a decent, hard-working man and they could have spared his life.

- Dalton Laing