Stepping through Stepney
"Boss, mi a tell you mi can sing you know. Do mek mi just sing one more song fi you." The man saying these words was standing in front of me for the past five minutes, begging me to give him a chance to record an album. Why? I really don't know. He just came out of nowhere and started singing.
Fish in a bowl
DARYL VAZ'S massive yawn, which made the front page of this newspaper last week, was the subject of comment from the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Delroy Chuck. "I think it is very important that members would recognise that we are like a goldfish in a fish bowl...
Public defender condemns attacks on school teachers
The Office of the Public Defender has come out in defence of the island's teachers who have been victims of verbal and physical abuse by students' relatives in recent weeks.Public Defender Earl Witter said that, since last September, some 15 cases of...
Pre-schools still not registering
With just over a week to go before the deadline for the registration of early childhood institutions, the vast majority are yet to make contact with the education ministry. It is estimated that just over 2,800 basic schools, daycare centres, pre-schools and other early childhood institutions...
She was the best mother in the world - Bishop Dufour
WESTERN BUREAU: "She was the best mother in the world", were the words spoken by The Most Rev Charles Dufour, Roman Catholic Bishop of Montego Bay, of his mother Mavis Louise Dufour, who died last week of pneumonia."I admired my mother's spirit of giving....
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