Lucea readies for big Fiesta
Fiesta Hotel Group's manager Abel Matutes is beaming with excitement in anticipation of the summer opening of the resort in Point, Lucea, Hanover.Come June 7, Fiesta will open the 1,000-room Grand Palladium Hotel along the Hanover coastline. This major development is to be the premier...
St Hugh's student wins poster contest
Amaliah Cunningham, a 10th-grade student of St Hugh's High School in St Andrew, was adjudged the winner of the Canadian High Commission's Black History Poster Art Competition. In observation of Black History Month, the High Commission of Canada staged a Black History Poster Art...
$5 more per cigarette
Cigarette smokers are now having to dig deeper into their pockets to light up.The island's leading importer of cigarettes, Carreras Limited, yesterday announced that the price of a cigarette will increase to $20, up from $15. The suggested retail price...
Man gets $18-million award for amputated foot
The Government is to pay $18 million in damages to a man whose left foot was amputated above the knee because of a lack of proper medical care while he was a patient at the Spaldings Hospital in Clarendon. Omar Anderson, 27, of Chudleigh, Manchester,...
Faith in South Africa - HC talks about her country's past and future
Faith D'Radebe, South African high commissioner to Jamaica, has experienced a lot of strife in her country. First, there was Apartheid, the legal segregation of races which restricted socialisation, education and economic opportunities for blacks and persons of mixed races. ...
A STEP in time
In this age of instant gratification, time moves gingerly at The School for Therapy, Education and Parenting of children with multiple disabilities (STEP) Centre. In the heart of Kingston, away from the hustle and bustle of Liguanea, the centre is a one of a kind initiative....
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