Give us your babies - Local missionaries pledge to help expectant mothers, stop abortion
The Mustard Seed Communities and Missionaries of the Poor have joined forces with other anti-abortion advocates to assist expectant mothers contemplating terminating pregnancies. Father Gregory Ramkissoon, executive director of Mustard Seed, threw out the lifeline yesterday...
Absence of community projects could hamper crime fight in Trelawny
The Trelawny police believe the absence of social-intervention programmes in troubled communities could render crime-fighting efforts meaningless. Speaking at a Gleaner Editors' Forum in the parish last Thursday, Detective Sergeant Keeble Simmonds said projects...
Battle of the Saints - St George's, St James in first leg Oliver Shield showdown
THE STAGE is set for today's big showdown when Manning Cup champions, St George's College face daCosta Cup winners, St James High, in the first leg of the all-island Olivier Shield. The match, which is expected to be a keenly contested affair, will be played...
EDITORIAL - Education and skills in the face of crisis
It is probably too much to hope, in the current environment, which is probably when it is needed most, for new and bold initiatives in labour market reform in Jamaica. But, with the global credit crisis starting finally to concentrate official minds ...
LETTER OF THE DAY - Samples from the realm of 'Positive Parenting'
The Editor, Sir: Please allow me space to 'kill' two birds with one stone re the Positive Parenting article by 'Dr Noel Smith Williams: father, mother to his children' in The Gleaner of December 15. I recall as a child, Mom saying constantly "education is the way ...
Air Supply exhales, the audience inhales
Air Supply proved its timelessness once again with a fabulous performance at the Food For the Poor Children for Charity concert. Sunday's performance at the National Indoor Sports Centre was the Australian duo's fourth in the island, but the response they received proved...
Sorrel's aroma signals Christmas
Sorrel, our traditional Christmas drink, is really made from a member of the hibiscus family. For many Caribbean and Jamaican people, the season's meals are incomplete without this unique drink, and its aroma and taste signal Christmas....
Giving it the best shot
The glass partition beside Tamara Ward's small work station overlooks the production line wheezing and squeaking, churning out rows of bottles of juice and soda being filled and packaged. "Any office environment is what you make of it," said the Ocean Spray country manager...
ISRAEL - 23 Russian tour guides killed in bus crash
EILAT, Israel (AP):A bus filled with Russian tour guides crashed through a roadside barrier and tumbled down a steep ravine in southern Israel, killing at least 23, rescue workers said, in one of the worst traffic accidents in Israel's history....