Gifted midwife - Woman delivers hundreds of children in remote community
She has delivered hundreds of children over the years and is eager for more. No, they aren't all her own, although, believe it or not, she has delivered eight of her own 12 children. Matilda Morant, 78, an untrained midwife, is considered a community hero...
- 'Jamaica too unproductive'
- Good news despite economic downturn - Hughes
- Kingfish hauls
- JUSTICE ON TRIAL - Editors for Justice report card
- Flood warning extended
- Evidence not ready in Fray's case
Reparations committee gets started
Ras Junior Manning, from the African Millennium Council, says the Government has shown some maturity in establishing the National Commission on Reparations, but begged that it not remain a 'shop-talk commission'. "The Government is showing some maturity...
- Can a substitute sponsor be used?
- Innocence Shattered
- Hypertension
- JAVA tipped for tourism award - Dogsledding Jamaican to receive special prize at chamber of commerce ceremony
- Ministry addresses new US labour laws
- BRIEFS
BAA appeals UK regulator's airport sale decision
BAA Plc said Monday it will appeal a regulator's decision to force it to sell three of its seven airports in Britain. The airport operator said the ruling by Britain's Competition Commission had been "affected by apparent bias" and did not take into...
- GM, union in dispute over imports and plant closures
- Barclays in talks to sell Global Investors unit
- CSA hosts '09 conference
West Indies crumble in the cold
CHESTER-LE-STREET, England (CMC): West Indies ended their briefest-ever grasp on the Wisden Trophy yesterday, when they crumbled to an innings and 83-run defeat in the second and final Test against England. Trailing by 259 on first innings...
- Week-long celebrations for Headley centenary
- Champion boy wants to be like Bolt
- Mullings scorches 400m in impressive 44.98 secs
- Portmore 'definitely disappointed'
- Boys' Town achieved some goals
- 'I could never have asked for more'
- SPORTS BRIEFS
- WICB select high-powered team for WIPA face-off
- Burton ready for big duel with Jaggan
- Vaz, St Catherine, Belair highlight invitational meet
- Phelps loses again at Charlotte
- Celtics simply didn't have enough left without KG
- Brilliant Bravo whips Merry Boys
EDITORIAL - Leading by example
Prime Minister Bruce Golding's observation during the Budget Debate about the Government's rental of office space and his plan to do something about it seems to have escaped public attention.At least, the commentators have made very little or nothing of it....
LETTER OF THE DAY - Currency matters: Bob or Hugh?
The Editor, Sir:I am currently reading The Search, a non-fictional novel by Hartley Neita. So when I heard the news about our issuing a $5,000 note, my thoughts returned to a conversation we had several years ago. He told me then that he would have liked to see the image...
- Credit checks for SLB delinquents
- The 'note'-worthy Bob Marley
- St Thomas youths need help
- Victims of bank fee policies
- Not binding things
- Clamp down on lawlessness
- When should parents abdicate responsibility?
- Exorbitant prices
Dear Charlie
The following is an open letter by Colin Channer to his deceased father, Charlie. Channer, the founder and artistic director of the Calabash International Literary Festival, will be honoured by the St Elizabeth Homecoming Committee on Sunday, the final day...
Codfish fears conquered
So a couple of weeks ago, I was in Norway and came across the much-maligned codfish head that Jamaicans so often say is the ugliest part of any living thing that you will ever come across. Now, the one I saw was, in fact, detached from the body and, to make matters worse...
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