Unity needed to battle crime - Bishop Dufour
Roman Catholic Bishop of Montego Bay, the Most Reverend Charles Dufour, believes the nation has no choice but to keep up its fight against the circumstances that promulgate murders, the availability of guns and the penchant for lawlessness.
A late Christmas treat
'Christmas' came a few weeks late for several children of Headley Avenue, off Molynes Road. Some 80 youngsters turned out in their Sunday best on Thursday afternoon to enjoy the bouncing castle, face painting and 'goodies' provided by the Family Life Department of the Washington Gardens Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) church.
Two killed in Mountain View
Violence reared its head once again in the hotbed of Mountain View in east Kingston Thursday night, with the shooting death of two men.Two persons, including a child, were also injured.
Across The Nation
The HEART Trust/NTA's continued drive to get Jamaicans trained and certified to global standards has been well received in several rural St. Andrew communities.
The Salt River Mineral Spa - Central Jamaica's most mysterious wonder
Jamaicans and many visitors from overseas have made the Salt River Mineral Spa a regular destination. The spa, which is a pond with mineral water running from rocks adjacent to it, forms a stream called Salt River.
Mind and Spirit - Transforming churches to change society
The following is an edited excerpt of a paper presented by Pastor Lyall Bethel at the Congress of Evangelicals in the Caribbean, held from October 22-25, 2007, in Tunapuna, Trinidad. His paper was originally titled 'The Church Distributed. Discipling and Transforming Communities'.
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