'Marley's music kept me going' - Teenager gets wish to visit icon's homeland
WESTERN BUREAU: Seventeen-year-old Stefan Tulner of the Netherlands got the wish of his life - to visit Bob Marley's country. Stefan says Marley's music has kept him going in his fight against cancer. Stefan was vacationing at the Starfish Resort in Trelawny, last week...
Police probing Sumfest ticket fraud
WESTERN BUREAU: Promoters of Reggae Sumfest, Sumfest Productions and the St. James police are carrying out a probe into the discovery of a large quantity of bogus tickets for admission to the festival. The tickets were found among the legitimate batches at the Sangster International...
Learning to handle emotions
WHEN THE young child starts learning to speak, language becomes an important part of his/her emotional development. The young child, who is just learning to talk, often becomes quite frustrated when she cannot make others understand what she wants to say...
Call to 'involve' Jamaican diaspora
Senator Ronald Robinson, minister of state in the ministry of foreign affairs and foreign trade has called for the continued engagement of the Jamaican diaspora in matters of national development.Robinson said Friday it was important to involve the diaspora...
New court date set for alleged cop killers
THE FOUR charged with the murder of Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Gilbert Kameka are to return to the Home Circuit Court on July 31.A trial date could not be set last Friday because one of the accused, 18-year-old Tina Gaye McGowan of Mount...
Help! My son is sticking to diapers
Q I need some help with my little son. He's three years old and does not want to use the toilet. He knows when he wants to go and will ask for a diaper at that time. He wears his brief during the day and night and says when he wants to urinate.
'Change lifestyle to save youth'
Poor lifestyle choices have been cited for the increased risk of cardio-vascular disease (CVD) in Jamaica's youth, according to a leading professor at the University of the West Indies (UWI). Consultant physician Rainford Wilks, director of the Epidemiology Research Unit...
PNP must unite to take back power - Portia
WESTERN BUREAU: In a bid to salvage the reputation of the 70-year-old People's National Party (PNP), Portia Simpson Miller, has stressed the need for members and supporters to be united if the party wishes to return to government. "Let us not hate and destroy this movement," ...
First-time MP calls for return of hanging
WESTERN HANOVER Member of Parliament Ian Hayles has said he will vote for the resumption of capital punishment if parliamentarians are asked to make a conscience vote on the issue."I strongly believe that if there is a conscience vote to be held in Parliament ...
Man freed of double murder for lack of evidence
A man who went on trial in the Home Circuit Court, for a double murder which took place when rival gangs clashed at a bus park in Spanish Town, St Catherine, has been freed. Dwight Mathias, 26, mason, of Spanish Town, St Catherine, was freed last week...
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