Halfway across the world to get 'Roving' - Jamaican travels from Fiji to UK
Hassan Saleem loves Roving with Lalah! So much so, that when he heard that Robert Lalah, the writer of the popular Gleaner articles would be appearing at the annual Word Power Book Fair in London last weekend, he got...
Delta's pink plane lands in Jamaica
WESTERN BUREAU: Delta Airlines has flown its special-edition pink plane to the tourist hub Montego Bay in its bid to give moral and other support to cancer survivors and the Jamaica Cancer Society. To boost public education, Delta partnered with the Jamaica Cancer ...
Mother Raymond still strong at 105
Peter Kavanaugh, Gleaner WriterShe has seen the sun rise and set more than 38,000 times during her long sojourn in the quiet rural farming community of Grove Town, south Manchester, where she is looked on as a teacher, foundation builder, a lady of Christian virtue"...
Economic downturn could increase crime
Jamaica's daunting crime statistics could worsen if the global financial crisis has a severe impact on the nation.Dr Dunstan Campbell, Food and Agriculture Organisation representative to Jamaica, Belize and The Bahamas, said the nation should brace...
Witness links three to Chin murders
A witness has tied three men to the murder of 56-year-old businessman and justice of the peace, Winston Chin, and his 50-year-old wife Aileen, four years ago.The couple, who operated Penny's Supermarket in Annotto Bay, St Mary, were shot several times...
The Very Rev Hon Richard Ho Lung, OJ - Serving the nation's poor
ON MAY 20, 1980, a horrific fire razed the Eventide Home at Slipe Road in Kingston, killing 144 elderly women. The incident shocked Jamaicans, including Richard Ho Lung, a priest and lecturer in literature at the University of the West Indies (UWI)....
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