Mixed views on AIDS campaign
Ainsley Reid, a Person Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) for almost 14 years, and who declared his status in a mass media campaign, says he has been getting both positive and negative feedback since he made the matter public last month.
Clarke vs Zacca - Fight on for PSOJ presidency
The Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), which likes to conduct its business with quiet decorum and choose its leaders by consensus, appears headed for an open fight for its presidency between Bill Clarke, the boss of the island's largest...
Camperdown whip Kingston High
A HAT-TRICK from Rasheed Dwyer led Camperdown to a 5-0 thrashing of Kingston High and one step closer to a place in the second round of the ISSA/Pepsi/JN Manning Cup competition yesterday.
EDITORIAL - Tourism and US passport project
The Caribbean must not panic. That is a state that breeds confusion, muddled thinking and an incapacity for logical and coherent action. The Caribbean must also be clear that it cannot be in the interest of the United States to promote instability...
LETTER OF THE DAY - Equating language and intelligence
The Editor, Sir: Sheea Hewan-Brown's article in Tuesday's (October 3) Gleaner was pretty scathing about the Jamaican education system and the product of the same system. I quote her; 'students leaving high school who cannot write...
Nana McLean hopes for a 'Break Through'
Many Jamaicans may not remember the name Nana McLean, but it is a different story in Canada where she now resides. In the late 1970s, McLean kept company with the likes of the late Joseph 'Culture' Hill and Burning Spear.
A 'dim sum' farewell
On a very cool Sunday afternoon, Island Grill's petite dynamo and Honorary Consul General to Thailand, Thalia Lyn, and her husband, Captain Mike Lyn, hosted another fine brunch.
MIDEAST: Rice in Baghdad to press Iraqi leaders to unite
BAGHDAD (Reuters): U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice flew into Baghdad yesterday for a surprise visit to press Iraqi leaders to resolve their differences and ease raging sectarian violence that has killed thousands.
