Olympics not our focus! - Churches put games to the back of the prayer line
Perpetual prayers for a reduction in the murder rate has largely hindered many churches from lifting up the Jamaican Olympic team to the Lord just days ahead of the games in Beijing, China. Reverend Fitzroy Thomas, president of the Jamaica Evangelistic...
Workplaces gear up for Olympics
While Jamaican athletes are preparing to showcase their talent on the world stage at the 29th Olympiad in Beijing, China, corporate Jamaica is doing its part to ensure that those employees who have not taken leave to stay home and watch the games, can...
Christian group hosts all-day prayer against abortion
Family members gave her mother money to abort her, but her mother remained grounded in her faith and gave birth. Now 33, Carone Gordon is adding her voice to the controversial abortion debate through prayer. Gordon, the founder and leader of the Call to the Kingdom Christian movement...
KSAC to demolish illegal complex in Cross Roads
TIME HAS run out for the developer of a commercial complex at 14 Caledonia Road in Cross Roads, as a demolition order from the Supreme Court, expired at midnight on Monday. Mayor of Kingston, Desmond McKenzie said notices have been served on the...
LatAm, Caribbean request three times more for AIDS fight
Mexico City, Mexico: Latin America and the Caribbean have tripled the amount of money requested from the Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. The region, which is host to the International Conference on HIV/AIDS, currently under way in Mexico City...
'Jamaica needs God in all its affairs'
Jamaica must put God back in the centre of its affairs before it is too late. That was the warning given by Pastor Courtney Gordon during Sunday's National Independence Thanksgiving Service held at Emancipation Park, New Kingston. "The source, which is the almighty God...
ECC strategic plan on the way
The Early Childhood Commission (ECC) is to undertake the development of a National Strategic Plan (NSP) for the early childhood sector in Jamaica, over the next five years. Chairperson of the ECC, Professor Maureen Samms-Vaughan, has said that the initiative ...
Walters' waters a community
The kindness of one family has given hope to a district in Clarendon. Residents of New Roads, who, over the years, have been experiencing severe water problems, are now benefiting from a community water scheme courtesy of the Walters' family...
Golding points to the importance of heritage
OCHO RIOS, St Ann: "Let us never forget the significance and importance of Emancipation Day."This was the advice from Prime Minister Bruce Golding to the thousands of persons who turned up at the Seville Heritage Park in St Ann's Bay on Thursday night...
Donkey races light up Top Hill
SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine:The starter let them go and the crowd cheered the animals and their riders, who hurried down the stretch of pavement, as onlookers watched in amazement at the unfamiliar sight of donkeys careening down the roadway.The occasion...
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