Highway crash claims one
ONE MAN died yesterday as a result of motor vehicle injuries sustained along the Old Harbour leg of Highway 2000. The man, Henry Miller, of Waltham Lane in Kingston 13, was pronounced dead at the Spanish Town Hospital just after midday.
Interactive media hurting children's academic abilities
Children's dependence on the interactive media, like in most other places in the world, is a growing phenomenon in Jamaica. It is already a problem in developed countries like the United States of America, where children's bedrooms are often saturated with different forms of electronic gadgets...
Hit the road, Jane - More tertiary-educated women needed at grass roots
More women, especially those who are leaving university in such great numbers, need to get involved in communities at the grass-roots level. So said Member of Parliament Sharon Hay-Webster during a recent forum on women in politics at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona.
Jamaican Diaspora divided over dual citizenship, representational politics
Some members of the Jamaican Diaspora are objecting to calls made by their colleagues recently for the Jamaican Constitution to be amended to allow persons with dual citizenship to participate locally in political representation.
Caribbean Community passport deadline derailed
Jamaica's deadline to introduce the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) passports by year end has been derailed, and no timetable has been set regarding when the country will join other member states in implementing the passport regime.
Local sporting events becoming less of a family affair
IT was Sunday, September 30, and half-time at Ferdie Neita Park in Braeton, St. Catherine, where Portmore United, runners-up in last season's Premier League, were hosting Clarendon's Sporting Central, who were playing their first-ever match in the nation's top football competition, the Cash Plus Premier League.
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