Christmas 'dead as cemetery' for street boys
WHILE MOST of us were celebrating Christmas with family and friends in the comfort of our homes, for at least 15 street boys, the most celebrated of Christian holidays was spent in the cemetery of the St. Andrew Parish Church in Half-Way Tree...
Jamaica's Fire Brigade gets 207 new recruits
THE JAMAICA Fire Brigade received a much-needed boost when a fresh batch of firefighters entered its ranks last week. The firefighters, 207 of them, participated in a graduation ceremony at the Madge Saunders Conference Centre...
England vs Jamaica friendly date set?
JAMAICA'S DATE for one of their biggest ever friendly internationals has been set, according to a report Sunday on British television station Skysports. The date reported is June 3, just six days before the 2006 World Cup kicks off in Germany.
Aspects of Kraal aftermath
ECHOES OF the Kraal murder trial linger on as year 2005 peters out. So do the almost daily reports of killings which have given this small island a murder rate among the highest in the world. Of more mundane concern is the prospect that the year 2006...
LETTER OF THE DAY - Moral issues looming large
THE EDITOR, Sir: IT IS very interesting that at this time the ruling People's National Party has several persons vying for the top job of leader, whilst the Leader of the Opposition Jamaica Labour Party seems to be attempting...
MoBay outfit ends Kgn leg of bands competition
WHEN THE Jumanji band took the stand at The Deck, Trafalgar Road, New Kingston, on Wednesday night, the uniformly dressed outfit which supported Brian Brown was a link between Jamaica's two cities.
THE HISTORY OF BOXING DAY
BOXING DAY, which falls on the first weekday after Christmas, has nothing to do with gory fist fights. Though it remains unclear as to how it began or how it is traditionally celebrated, it is now a bonafide public holiday in Jamaica...
Somali tsunami victims languish
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP): SOMALIS SAID prayers in mosques along their Indian Ocean coastline for more than 30,000 survivors left homeless and without livelihoods by the tsunami that traversed the sea from Asia.
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