Rescue the mentally ill
WE WELCOME the recommendation from a government-led task force that mentally ill persons should not be sent to prison but be given psychiatric treatment.
Sex on Pitcairn
PITCAIRN ISLAND is exactly the size of a full stop (not period) on the map somewhere out in the Pacific Ocean. The island has a grand total of 47 permanent residents.
Miss Jamaica and the 'cellulites'
I CONSIDER the national female beauty contests to be instruments of keeping the perception of female beauty on the lighter shade of pale. As such, I usually pay the minor details such as who won, etc.
The Middle East after Yasser Arafat
UNITED STATES President George W. Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon refused to speak with him. Not surprisingly, therefore, after Yasser Arafat's death, Mr. Bush commented optimistically about the future of the Middle East peace process.
FLASHBACK - Football celebration
JAMAICA'S FOOTBALL fraternity broke new ground on the weekend even as it celebrated the sixth anniversary of qualification for the World Cup Finals in France on November 16, 1997.
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