Jamaica Gleaner News
Published: Monday Monday | March 16, 2009
Vocationing with the dead
Rohan Parkes of Rose Lane, west Kingston, is happy to be alive, and to be working with the dead. He's employed at one of the many funeral homes in and around his community, and at age 28 is finding satisfaction in the final care profession... Read More...
Adventist school enjoys spirit of giving - Visits 14 homes in two days
Students of the Victor Dixon High School in Mandeville rendered selfless service to the aged and indigent last week. During two days of community service, the students visited several homes for the aged and the Manchester Infirmary. For 17-year-old Tanya... Read More...
Jamaica's 'pregnant' men
Have you noticed that many Jamaican men look pregnant? It is now common to see men whose swollen bellies make them appear pregnant. They have what I describe as the male pregnancy syndrome (MPS). Obesity has replaced cigarette smoking as the commonest preventable... Read More...
Voting on the issues - West Portland residents pay attention to their needs this by-election
From St Margaret's Bay, to Hope Bay along the photogenic Buff Bay strip into the hinterland of Balcarres, Shrewsbury and Fruitful-vale, the talk is politics. In busy Buff Bay, town centre for the hundreds of banana and coffee farmers in the Spanish River... Read More...
Bustamante Hospital to be operated on
The two oldest operating theatres at the Bustamante Hospital for Children have been closed for three weeks in order to facilitate rehabilitation work. According to a release from the South East Regional Health Authority, the theatres were built prior... Read More...
Davies denies keeping diplomatic passports
Former Finance Minister Dr Omar Davies says he surrendered diplomatic passports belonging to himself and his wife, Rose, on his departure from government in 2007.Davies and his wife were named among a list of People's National Party (PNP) former... Read More...
National debates head into television round
Damion Wilson, Philone Campbell and Harsha Cooke, students at Ferncourt High School in St Ann, emerged third-round winners in the Burger King National Schools' Debate last Friday.Proposing the moot 'Be it resolved that job sharing is the answer'... Read More...
Cops reap success in silencing St Andrew guns
The strategic measures implemented by the top brass of the security forces have paid rich dividends. Over the last two and a half months, they have seized more than $10-million worth of illegal guns and ammunition... Read More...
