Stepping through Sligoville
It's a cool community, high in the hills of St Catherine that's as quiet and beautiful as you could ever hope for. Now Sligoville has a rich history and is well-known for being the first 'free village' occupied by ex-slaves in Jamaica. It came to be that way because back in 1835...
Support for development fast track but ...
Enviro lobbyists still want standards maintained
WESTERN BUREAU: Executive director of the Southern Trelawny Environment Agency (STEA), Hugh Dixon, says he is in support of Government's decision to grant development approvals within 90 days. Speaking at a Gleaner Editors' Forum at the Western Bureau in Montego Bay, Tuesday, Dixon said developments ...
Men and the right to abort
Whenever the issue of abortion is raised, more often than not, it is seen as an issue about women, for obvious reasons. Only women can choose (except in extreme situations of physical compulsion or threat) to terminate pregnancy, but abortion is an issue with which men, too, have to grapple...
Golding to examine spending at National Housing Trust (NHT)
PRIME MINISTER Bruce Golding said yesterday that he intends to get answers from the board of the National Housing Trust (NHT) to determine why its funds appear to have been inappropriately spent. The prime minister highlighted spending by the NHT on non-recoverable...
Thursday talk - HOTTEST TOPICS ON THE COCKTAIL CIRCUIT
1.Is it real cash? Their work so far smacks of gross incompetence and they have become the laughing stock of sensible people! Are there really billions of dollars out there? Where is the proof? 2. The Cassava Man! The call for the nation to turn to cassava to shore up...
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