'Dad raped us' - Sisters accuse father of years of sexual abuse
The pain of 47-year-old Brigitte Smith is poignant as she revealed to The Sunday Gleaner how her now 72-year-old father allegedly raped her from as early as age four. "I remember all the positions he had me in while he enjoyed himself," Smith said.
- 'We are in trouble' - SLB owed $760 million
- UWI graduates top SLB delinquents
- Kiwanis honours faithful nurses
- 'I did not plan to fail ...' - Dream shattered by FINSAC
- Gleaner Editors' Forum - Debt restructuring, anyone? Analysts urge caution, but agree that this would be good for the country
- Gleaner Editors' Forum - Come clean about debt burden, analysts urge Government
- Generation Lost - Mom wanted her to be a flight attendant
Airport drug bust
CUSTOMS OFFICIALS, assisted by narcotics and other law enforcement personnel, seized more than 165 pounds of cocaine and 175 pounds of compressed ganja at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, St James, yesterday morning.
- Welcome! Our doors are open
- Editors for justice
- Career - The customer service dilemma
- Opposing Obama - Notre Dame president catches heat for Obama invite
- Your own body of work is also yet to come - Obama
- Everyone has bad days, says Michelle Obama
- Ruling Congress party sweeps polls
Grace to market 'veggie meals'
Food conglomerate GraceKennedy Limited (GK) is heading to the market with a new product that aims to tap a consumer group that wants to eat less meat. In June, GK will bring Earth Chef to the Jamaican market - a range of convenient, ready-to-prepare veggie meals.
- Stokes recommends legal separation of fiscal discipline, political cycle
- Changing tastes of visual consumers - Local, live content driving business
- 'I have no savings'... But need a house, retirement funds
- The economics of building your own home
- Baker bombarded with problems
- Searching for an accounting solution
Uphill task for West Indies again - Tourists struggling at 94 for 3 after England pile up 569 for six declared
James Anderson ripped out the West Indies' top order yesterday, reducing the tourists to 94 for three on day three of the second Test in reply to England's formidable 569 for six declared.
- Red Bull in Gore's corner
- Simpson stars at Caymanas
- Upper Camp rule Division 'C' netball
- Buccaneers caught in Nurse's web
- Filly beats the boys
- Sir Alex will carry on
- Man United celebrate 18th league title
- Sports minister pushes pedal for track cycling
- Three the hard way - DPL set for thrilling climax
- Bad timing, Christopher Gayle
- Regional teams fly in tomorrow for volleyball qualifiers
- Morton replaces Richards
EDITORIAL - Is there still an anti-corruption commission?
We make no presumption about guilt or innocence, but note with interest that there are 223 members of the police force who, their bosses believed, engaged in behaviour so egregious as to demand them being away from the job until their cases are resolved.
- Public affairs - It's the economy, Stupid!
- Pandemic
- Top-quality public service - a national imperative
- Tourism under pressure
Letter of the Day - What does assault on crime mean?
The Editor, Sir: Omar Davis (not to be confused with the former finance minister) was killed in a police operation last Tuesday, two days after the newest minister of national security promised the newest assault on crime.
Filmmaker showcases Jamaica's underground music scene
Argentina-born, Los Angeles-based independent documentary filmmaker, Luciano Blotta, recently debuted his documentary, RiseUp, at hotdocs, the Canadian International Documentary Festival in Toronto. The film showcases Jamaica's underground music community and the struggles, dreams and aspirations of three young artistes vying for their shot at success.
- Festival Song semi-final tomorrow
- Other genres ignore it, but country taps recession
- Julian Marley urges 'Awake' on third album
- Aswad reunites for Island's 50th anniversary
- Martin Scorsese to direct biopic of Frank Sinatra
- All systems go for Rising Stars sixth season
- Barbara Lloyd: 'I was born loving music'
- Life of rocksteady
Extracts from the 'Jamaica Journal' - Plants, Spirits and the meaning of 'John' in Jamaica
The word 'John' appears 33 times in the Dictionary of Jamaican English as a generic term in the compound common names of people, birds, plants and other objects. This paper will show that objects named 'John' are often associated in Jamaica with the world of spirits.
- Liguanea art auction set to paint The Town
- Book review - A 'City' worth exploring
- Sunday Sauce - Slowly, but it shall come
- Letter From Laura: Soyinka storms London
- Literary Arts - The ackee tree
Being his brother's keeper
With the effects of the international financial crises on the world and its deleterious impact on the lifestyle of people across the globe, conspicuous consumption is as out of style as the platform shoes. In this the new world, where merely surviving is a taxing endeavour, we are all our brothers' keepers and the emphasis has now shifted from self, to the good of the whole.
- Memories of Mother's Day
- DOCTOR'S ADVICE - Disappearing desires?
- MY DOWN TIME WITH ... Maia Chung-Smith
- LET US PRAY ... with Businessman Omar Azan
- Self-esteem and extra-marital affairs
- Best places to live in St Thomas
New minister, old problems
A new minister of national security, new broadcast to the nation, new expectations, but the same old intractable crime problems. The national security ministry has been the burial ground for many a hopeful minister. Why would it be any different for Dwight Nelson?
- Squatting - A public/private sector challenge
- Taxation without representation
- The Indian model
- A culture of responsibility
- The Budget and we the people
No 'hearsing' around
Transporting the departed to their final resting place can be a serious decision. For this journey, some persons opt for the traditional mode of transport, while others 'thinking outside the box' request, budget permitting, a fairy tale-like 'send-off' with all the trappings.
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