Florida man says 'Ambush' cured him of AIDS
The Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English (10th impression 2007) defines the noun, cure as "a medicine or medical treatment that makes an illness go away". The example it uses: "There is still no cure for AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome)." Yet, in last week's instalment...
Tech De Bus II a good move, says Holness
The education minister, Andrew Holness, has endorsed the launch of the second mobile computer lab for basic school children — Tech De Bus II — describing it as an im-portant initiative.Tech De Bus II was launched at Devon House, St Andrew,...
Some MPs not driven to buy SUVs
Not all ministers have opted to have a spanking SUV or posh sedan purchased for them from the State's coffers. Ken Baugh, deputy prime minister and foreign minister, and Dorothy Lightbourne, justice minister and attorney general, have chosen to drive vehicles that were being driven....
NGOs get grant for training initiative
OCHO RIOS, ST. ANN: Twenty-five selected non-governmental organisations in Jamaica are to benefit from institutional strengthening and training support through the efforts of the British High Commission in collaboration with the Council for Voluntary Social Services (CVSS)...
Suicide signs often overlooked
Shock, sadness, confusion and guilt are just some of the emotions that families and friends experience when a loved one commits suicide. Suicide is the act of taking one's own life. Since the start of the year, 19 people have committed suicide in Jamaica....
Johnson urges Bush to extend CBI
WASHINGTON (CMC): Jamaica's new envoy to the United States (US), Anthony Johnson has added his voice to regional calls for the American president to renew the Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI). In presenting his credentials to the White House, the Ambassador identified...
Twenty new JPs sworn in
Dr Jean Audrey Dixon, permanent secretary in the ministry of energy, was among 20 persons sworn in recently as justices of the peace for the parish of St Andrew. Football coach and businessman Lebert Halliman, who is one of five technical advisers to Professor René Simoes...
Miles from 'nowhere'
ONE OF the people I work with in Antigua is named Miles. Almost every time I see him, my mind hits the Cat Stevens' classic, Miles from Nowhere. It is difficult not to say or sing it aloud. I resist the temptation because while people accept the concept of a bus...
Mayors get militant
The island's mayors have demanded more support from central government to address the infrastructural and other deficiencies affecting parish councils.Speaking at a Gleaner Editors' Forum at the newspaper's central Kingston offices recently, parish...
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