'Where is my son?' -Part II
I left Old Harbour in early march for Discovery Bay, where one of my brothers-in-law and sister bought a property and wanted some work done. When I got paid the very first time, I called my child's mother and told her I was sending some cash for her and the baby....
Jamaican an original Tuskegee Airman (Part 1)
BROOKLYN, New York: IT WAS another clear day with bright blue sky and blobs of burly white clouds. Flying in formation, you hear only the drone of engines and the rhythmic thumping of the heart. Suddenly, something catches your eye. Off to the left, low to the horizon...
Surprises in the Hird family
At eight months old, the quadruplets are showing developments in different ways. Gabrielle does best moving around. Mommy says as soon as she puts her down, she disappears and does not care what anyone thinks. Now Ruthann-belle is the opposite, she prefers...
They never say 'please'
The fourth instalment in our series from the book, Parenting a Child's Perspective, written by Dr Jaslin Salmon, continues with the parents. The next themes in the series: illness and death, siblings and parent-child relationship are also a must-read...
My son is behaving like a girl, please help me doctor
Q: My 10-year-old son is acting like a girl. I beat him almost every day for this. People tell me he is going to be gay and that it doesn't matter how I beat him since the female hormones will be there because the Lord made him that way. I am planning to send him to his father....
Sts Peter and Paul gets push on to Internet super highway
Sts Peter and Paul Preparatory School has positioned itself on the information super highway due largely to the generosity of a number of Jamaican companies.The St Andrew-based Roman Catholic school had recently issued an appeal for assistance to a number of companies...
'Invest faith in people'
Prime Minister Golding says with the new trends in the economy, a new approach needs to be taken to think outside the box and to invest faith in people.He said there are some business operators whom he described as the non-traditional businesses...
'Subculture of indiscipline cripples country'
Allan Rickards, chairman of the Jamaica Sugar Cane Growers' Association (JSCGA), recently cited indiscipline as the main cause for the delay of the divestment of the Sugar Company of Jamaica. Addressing a Rotary Club of Kingston meeting at The Jamaica...
'Restructuring parish councils may affect local gov't reform'
WESTERN BUREAU: PLANS TO effect major relocation of secretary/managers of the nation's parish councils have alarmed the Mayor of Lucea, Lloyd Hill.Mayor Hill, who is chairman of the Hanover Parish Council, said such a move could set back the Government's efforts ...
Most-wanted men get four years for firearms
Two men, who made Jamaica's Most Wanted list while crime ran rampant late last year, were both convicted last Thursday and sentenced to four year's imprisonment each, in the Gun Court by acting high court judge Leighton Pusey.The men, Joseph Brown,...
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