Cheers and charity - Funds scarce, demands aplenty
CHRISTMAS IS no easy time of year, say the nation's charities as they struggle to raise funds to meet seasonal demands. The needy expect more. For the staff, their bonuses and new bills are only a new year away.
Gov't to focus on youth in '06
IN RESPONSE to the growing rate of youth unemployment in Jamaica, Government will initiate a number of programmes to increase employment opportunities starting next year, State Minister in Education, Dr. Donald Rhodd, told The Sunday...
Harding decks Simpson
SEVEN-TIME Trinidadian champion jockey Brian Harding all but ended the reign of Jamaican champion jockey Trevor Simpson when he rode four winners at Caymanas Park yesterday to widen his lead to eight over his arch rival.
Christmas and political correctness
IN HIS weekly column in this newspaper, businessman Aubyn Hill last Wednesday addressed the agenda of some in the United States to speak of 'Happy Holidays' in preference to 'Happy Christmas'. Hill hints that this move is consistent with the...
King Yellowman From rags to records
HE WAS deserted by his parents, scorned at stage shows, chased away by pro-ducers, banned from the airwaves and developed skin cancer. A doctor even told him he would live only three years more.
'Breakthrough' - Owen Williams' mosaic art on show
OWEN WILLIAMS has been in a love affair with art all his life. But it took him more than three decades to develop what he says is his own unique style of painting, which he has dubbed as 'Breakthrough'.
Sybil Celebrating a life of continued service
ON NEW Year's day, January 1, 2006, one of Kingston's most experienced living hoteliers, Sybil Hughes of the Mayfair Hotel, will celebrate her 86th birthday in the company of her closest friends.
An alternative to Christmas
WHILE MULTIPLE millions of people all around the world will celebrate Christmas today, there is still controversy as to whether this festival truly honours Jesus Christ or whether a secular nation like the United States has any business officially...
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