Making Kingston ready for World Cup
A JAMAICAN popular song of past vintage went under the heading "People are you ready?" The question was answered with the refrain: "Oh Lord!" The imagination of the song's creator, who went by the colourful pseudonym of Tappa Zoukie, could well be tapped.
Of bird flu and barn doors
LAST WEEK, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin unveiled a new hurricane evacuation plan for his city, still reeling from Hurricane Katrina. This bit of civic disaster planning received national media coverage and, unlike pre-Katrina warnings...- Dan Rather
Trouble with hypertension
SANOFI-AVENTIS MEDICAL representative, Mrs. Janet McConnell, informed me that Saturday, May 13 is World Hypertension Day. It is the brainchild of the World Hypertension League, WHL (formed in 1984, now with 92 supporting members). - Garth Rattray
Bad cement, banks and the private sector
THE HARDWARE Merchants Association has called for an investigation into the allegation that bad cement was being re-cycled. This followed a similar allegation made in Parliament by Opposition Leader Bruce Golding... - Devon Dick
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