The old great house of Maas Bartley
Mavis and Dorris, two equally rotund women, were sitting together on concrete blocks by the side of the deserted country road. Neither woman was wearing shoes and Mavis had a cap on her head that covered her...
EDITORS' FORUM - Special Education exodus a threat
SPECIAL EDUCATION teachers are leaving the country in droves, which could have an adverse effect on the local system. Participants in a Gleaner Editors' Forum, held at the newspaper's North Street, central Kingston offices yesterday...
New recruits for 'St Bess' victim support programme
Black River, St. Elizabeth: Thirty of the 63 partici-pants at the recent two-day workshop organised by the Ministry of Justice's Victim Support Unit in the parish of St. Elizabeth have signed up to become volunteers with the victim support programme.
Leeds postal agency reroofed
BLACK RIVER, St. Elizabeth: The roof of the postal agency in Leeds, St. Elizabeth, which was blown off during Hurricane Ivan in September 2004 has been repaired, and the residents are grateful. Speaking at the reopening of the facility recently...
Democrats sweep US elections, Rumsfeld resigns
WASHINGTON (Reuters): Democrats swept Republicans from power in the U.S. House of Representatives and moved close to victory in the Senate yesterday, dealing a sharp rebuke to President George W. Bush...
Yvette Clarke elected to the US Congress
NEW YORK (CMC): A Caribbean-American New York City Council-woman has been elected to the United States House of Representatives, representing the predominantly Caribbean, 11th Congressional District in Brooklyn.
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