'To know George was to love George' - Tributes pour in for industrial relations stalwart
BORN IN Grenada to Barbadian parents, George Phillip was raised in Trinidad and Tobago but contributed immensely to commerce in Jamaica, his adopted home. He was truly a Caribbean man. Yesterday, during the thanksgiving service for his life at the St. Margaret's Church...
Call for fathers to get involved
The presence of the father including the sustained intervention by Jamaica's men might assist in decreasing the country's climbing crime rate, said Alison Anderson, chief executive officer of the Child Development Agency...
Sandals, Beaches fte students
It wasn't the Easter bunny, but Sesame Street character, Elmo, worked just as well, as over one thousand students in the St. Ann and St. Mary area celebrated Easter in style courtesy of Sandals/Beaches resorts. Students from Golden Grove Pre-School, Stewart Town Basic...
Two found deadin Tredegar Park
Spanish Town, St Catherine: The St. Catherine North police are yet to establish a motive behind the deaths of two men, killed in Tredegar Park, on Easter Sunday. According to the lawmen, there is evidence to suggest that the two were taken from another parish...
Henry wants unity in reparation fight
WESTERN BUREAU: Parliamentarian Mike Henry is adamant that Great Britain should not be allowed to get away with not paying reparation to the victims of the Transatlantic Slave Trade; especially since slave owners were compensated at the end of slavery....
Senior citizens receive wheelchairs at health fair
Two senior citizens of Golden Spring in West Rural St.Andrew recently recieved wheelchairs courtesy of the Rights and Justice Foundation (RJF). One of the recipients, Murdina Smith who was present to accept her wheelchair, was overwhelmed with gratitude.
Managing the thieves of time
Dr. Omar Davies is a man I admire for his discipline of self-organisation. Some years ago I called him at his office. He was not in but, much to my surprise, he returned my telephone call. I thought I was someone special since the Minister of Finance was returning a telephone call...
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