Face to face with Jah!
It was while struggling up the rocky mountainside a few steps behind my guide that I asked him what his name was. He wore a red, green and gold tam and carried a large, wooden cane. "I and I name Jah Okra," I heard him say. I chuckled. "Sorry, I didn't hear that.
Hay-Webster in hot seat - Opposition MP's parliamentary eligibility an issue
DISCUSSIONS ARE taking place within the People's National Party (PNP) about the eligibility of Sharon Hay-Webster to sit in the House of Representatives as member of parliament (MP) for South Central St Catherine. The Gleaner understands that the three-time MP is being urged...
Construction worker freed of murder
Absent witnesses on Monday forced the Crown to offer no further evidence against 32-year-old construction worker Leon Henry of Spanish Town, St Catherine. Henry went on trial last week in the Home Circuit Court for the murder of Philemon James Brown who was abducted by men...
Dilemma of the childless man
Child Month is as good a time as any for us to examine the challenges men face as far as children are concerned. The issue of stigmatising women who are childless is well publicised. It is common knowledge that women who cannot bear children are pejoratively labelled 'barren' or 'mules'.
Weird & Wacky
Dog fired - The United Kingdom's only lifeguard dog has been sacked.The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) has left Bilbo, a 14-stone Newfoundland dog, without a job. Bilbo has previously assisted in saving three lives.
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