Deadbeat dads SOS - Delinquent fathers urged to come home
Jamaican fathers were yesterday urged to become more involved in the lives of the nation's children in light of the high number of female-headed households islandwide. uring the Child Month 2007 church service held yesterday at Sts. Peter and Paul Church, St. Andrew...
No proof in Woolmer case - Pakistani sleuths say murder theory baseless
Allegations by two Pakistani sleuths that there is no clear evidence cricket coach Bob Woolmer was murdered have been met with stony silence by local police. According to a Pakistani news agency, Mir Zubair Mahmood and Syed Kaleem Imam, both of whom travelled to Jamaica...
Porteous has tough task ahead
While most contests in a general election year are decided on local issues and personalities, national sentiments could well set the stage for the outcome in Central Manchester where the People's National Party (PNP) is in danger of losing its grip...
Prime Minister of Jamaica in Florida for speech at alma mater
Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller left the island yesterday morning for Miami, Florida, where she was invited to deliver the commencement address at the Union Institute and University yesterday evening.
Indiscipline ruining kids' future - JTA boss
Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) President Hopeton Henry has urged all Jamaicans to help stem the spate of indiscipline in the society. "The violence and indiscipline that is so pervasive in the society only undermines the efforts to provide our children with those opportunities...
Children traumatised by divorce
With divorce becoming a growing answer to marital problems for couples, there is grave concern over its impact on the family's most vulnerable - children. Yesterday The Sunday Gleaner reported that the country's divorce rate had jumped by 30 per cent between 1996 and 2005...
Savanna-la-Mar fire leaves eight homeless
SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland: Eight persons, including five children, are now homeless after fire destroyed a 12-apartment concrete house and an upholstery shop on Dalling Street in Savanna-la-Mar on the weekend. "Me hear the blowing and when me get up to find out...
Wanted man slain by cops
One of the men wanted for the 2005 gruesome murder of 10-year-old Sasha-Kaye Brown and three other family members at their Barnes Avenue home in south-west St.Andrew has been killed by the police. The dead man has been identified as Marlon Mattie, a member of the Stinger gang.
JLP kicks off North Trelawny campaign
WESTERN BUREAU:Opposition Leader Bruce Golding led a constituency tour and public meeting yesterday, marking the official launch of the Jamaica Labour Party's (JLP) campaign in North Trelawny. According to constituency caretaker, Dennis Meadows, the campaign will target young people...
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