ACROSS THE NATION: Rural centres complete Hurricane Dean repair
MANCHESTER:Refurbishing work has been completed on three health centres, which received a total grant of CAN$10,000.00 ($6,945,891.51), from the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).
Two (green) thumbs up for young farmer: Revamping tradition with new technology
While many rural folk are drawn to the alluring big cities and the hustle and bustle of urbanised towns, others, like 29-year-old Nigel Benjamin of Douglas Castle in St Ann, are true sons...
Mother moves to quash education ministry's decision on scholarship
The mother of an 11-year-old girl has taken the Ministry of Education to the Supreme Court over its refusal to recommend the child for a private scholarship although she had the highest score for girls in the 2007 GSAT examination.
The land of milk and honey ... and bees!
The term 'honey' appears on 55 occasions in the Hebrew Bible, 16 of them as part of the image of Israel as "a land flowing milk and honey" (e.g. Exodus 3:8). Other passages suggest that honey was scavenged from holes in the rocks (Psalm 82:16), from the trees (1 Samuel 14:27),
CARICOM secretary general hails former law school head
Georgetown, Guyana:Secretary General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Edwin Carrington, has hailed the service of Professor Keith Sobion to the legal fraternity of Trinidad and Tobago, CARICOM and the wider Commonwealth.
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