Never give up! - Polio-afflicted woman maintains early-childhood institution in community
At age 12, Esmina Smith was diagnosed with polio-myelitis, a highly infectious viral disease which mainly affects young children, and hospitalised at the Sir John Golding Rehabilitation Centre for 11 years. The disease affected her lower limbs and she could barely walk....
- 'Ananda Alert' - Programme to search for missing children launched
- Sectoral Debate delay prompts PNP walkout
- New York charity moves to empower Adastra Gardens
- Courtyard clampdown - Cops' tough tactics draw ire of lawyer - Case watching dying as spectator 'sport'
- Reduced services at Montego Bay clinic during upgrade
- Multi-agency system set up to recover missing children
- Businessman arrested for seized cars, auto parts
- PAC puts heat on Fiscal Services
- Career and education expo to be held at UTech
- 'Money well spent' - Officials defend multimillion-dollar trip to Bahamas
- Three the hard way
- New PSOJ president June
The Abdel Wright story - Part 2
Abdel Wright, a talented, self-taught singer/songwriter/guitarist, spent five years in prison from 1996-2001 for illegal possession of firearm and robbery with aggravation. After his release, he struggled for years, trying to find his place in the musical universe...
- 'We can choose' - 11-y-o warns Jamaicans to take responsibility
- Government of Jamaica says it has eye on computer cheats
- Ding-ding! - Mitchell-Mair citizenship hearing begins Thursday
- Community, school gets computer lab
- Riversdale market to be transformed
- Killer gets life in prison
- Making the impossible possible
- Biz centre opens in Mandeville
- 'Alien' threat - Invasive organisms pose risk to biodiversity
- Pesky pets put strain on economy
- Archbishop encourages Portland Cottage Anglicans to rise up
Cement battle rages again - PM asks JMA to weigh in
Acceding to a request from Prime Minister Bruce Golding, Jamaica's manufacturers will meet today behind closed doors to chisel out a position on cement amid the lobby by the Rockfort monopoly producer...
- Pepsi Jamaica to take on new brands under new owner - CABCORP deal to close in third quarter
- Pan Jam 'deeply concerned' about H&L investment
- New game plan - Barbados PM announces job-saving scheme
- Letter - NIR prediction was 'worst-case scenario'
- Hybrid price war - Toyota's revamped Prius vs Honda's Insight
- Oil climbs to US$60
West fired up over stadium usage - Sport's bosses bat for cricket at Trelawny venue... But others say give UTech a chance to score
Western Bureau: When former West Indies captain Brian Lara saw the US$30 million Trelawny Multi-purpose stadium for the first time in 2007, he was so impressed with the beauty and charm of the venue that he immediately declared it as ideal to host Test cricket...
- Heavy schedule worries Gayle
- Bolt has Gay focused on 'running a lot faster'
- Colts final
- Birmingham woos JOA
- Jamaica impress at World Championship of Dominoes
- Confed winners seek perfect start in DPL play-offs
- Cash crisis hits netballers
- Jamaica, Haiti in NORCECA qualifiers
- Catherine Hall, Melbourne launch hunt for league title
- Busta Fighters outclass United States
- Paralympian Pistorius eyes Berlin Champs
EDITORIAL - Support domestic agriculture
Government's chief economic planner, Dr Wesley Hughes, pointed to a bright spot amid the enveloping gloom when he reviewed Jamaica's first-quarter economic performance this week.It was an observation by the head of the Planning Institute of Jamaica ...
LETTER OF THE DAY - JET's concern
The Editor, Sir: The Jamaica Environment Trust (JET) is concerned that work has recommenced on the drainage canal in the vicinity of Great Bay in Treasure Beach, although the project has never received the required permits...
- New $5,000 note could be inflationary
- Precious commodity going to waste
- A contradiction - Bob Marley and banknotes
- Cease domestic violence
- Let us stop, think and act
Jamaican duo in opening session at Calabash
When the 2009 Calabash International Literary Festival begins at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Millicent Graham, Esther Phillips and Velma Pollard will lead off the readings under the huge tents at Jake's in Treasure Beach, St Elizabeth. Two of the trio published...
It fits! - Tanny ends challenge in her tight-fitting jeans
Tanica Plummer can now easily slip into the pair of jeans which has been sitting in her closet for just over two years. The pants were a gift from a relative and she always visualised herself in them one day. She ends The Gleaner's Health section's weight-management...
- Tanny's journal' - I had to deal with my fears'
- Keeping weight at bay
- Tanny's journey
- Stop ignoring body signals
- Response to reader - Still trying to lose 'baby fat'
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Handling stress on the job
Job trauma is a term used to describe an emotional state caused by fear of job loss, increased work load and strained working relationships.The result of this condition is emotional imbalance and a sense that one is not coping with things as well as one could...
IRAN - President accused of buying votes
Iran (AP):Opponents of Iran's hard-line president have accused him of trying to buy votes before the June presidential election by handing out cheques and free vegetables to the poor.Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's government has defended ...
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