“Please, sir, I want some more?” “That boy will be hung.”
The quotes are famous and come from Dickens’ “Oliver Twist” about an orphan boy who has a miserable existence in a workhouse and then an undertaker. He escapes and joins a gang in London although he is unaware of the…
Amended Gender Equality Bill incorporates community feedback
Members of the Legislative Assembly last week passed a version of the Gender Equality Bill that incorporated feedback from community organisations and professional associations. The Ministry of Gender Affairs spent the month of August working with the Attorney General’s chambers…
Jamaica’s downtown land grab
KINGSTON (AP): Fraudsters in downtown Kingston are taking advantage of rising land values and increasing demand for property by capturing abandoned premises and registering them in their names. “We are seeing a new phenomenon where persons are capturing some of…
MAY we have more TIME, please ……..
And the rest of the sentence goes: “……we need to make another speech and call another press conference. And then there are those talk shows and TV appearances we have to do. And it really isn’t our fault. The politicians…
Duke of Edinburgh awards signal good work for West Bay
A ray of hope shines from the community of West Bay, as a positive youth group continues to cultivate values and attitude. Despite adversities in and around the district, a group of about 40 young people have committed themselves to…
Walkers complete Hong Kong team
HONG KONG, (BUSINESS WIRE) — Walkers Management Services, has announced that its Hong Kong team is now complete with the appointment of Michele Wan as Senior Vice President with Walkers Corporate Services. Ms. Wan joins Walkers Corporate Services from Walkers…
Asthma self help
Managing asthma is not something your doctor can do for you all by himself. Asthma self help is an important part of treating and managing this condition. The task of minimising the risk of asthma attack on a daily basis…
Losing one of your breasts is not the end of the world, says cancer survivors
Three brave women are out on a mission to help mastectomy patients deal with the fear of removing their breasts due to cancer. Naomi Fazio, Amica Scott and Myrna Gregson (pictured above) are all wearing their breast prosthesis, a silicone…
When is enough – ENOUGH?
How many more murders have to be committed before YOU come forward and save your loved one from becoming another victim of this Island’s days of HELL? Don’t you care? Is there nothing but ICE in your cold, cold heart?…
Family, murders, crime, unacceptable violence, silence, schools
You may wonder what ‘family’ has to do with the other topics in the heading? It would at first sight seem to be nothing. Actually, it has everything. It is our start in life. It is what shapes and moulds…
