Reasoning with wicker man, Maas Leety
Whoosh! An overcrowded minibus with a tattered Jamaican flag hanging on the antenna, whizzed by Maas Leety's chair.This got the otherwise cool character flustered.
"Oy man! Unnu gwaan gallivant! Yuh soon gwine meet yuh Waterloo!" the 60-something-year-old man yelled...
'Not enough money to fund health sector' - Doctors' group head cites equipment woes
Seven months after fees were abolished in public health facilities across the island, a shortage of resources and other problems still dog the system, according to Dr Rosemarie Wright-Pascoe, president of the Medical Association of Jamaica....
Clerics say cultism fuelling grisly crimes
Two Church leaders have cited occultism as a major factor behind the incidence of abduction, rape and ghastly murder sweeping sections of Jamaica.Bishop Joseph Ade-Gold and Pastor Oswell Robert Raymond told The Gleaner that many sex crimes were linked...
Scores of vehicles on auction block
Christmas may come early for some Jamaicans as 180 unclaimed motor vehicles are scheduled to go on the auction block on December 10 and 11.A number of homes were also auctioned last week after most of their owners fell victim to economic hardship...
St Maarten gov't may soon topple - Parliamentarian set to cross floor
There is political uncertainty hovering over the Eastern Caribbean island of St Maarten as the ruling party, which had a one-seat majority in the 11-member Parliament there, is repor-tedly on the brink of losing a member to the opposition...
Rotaract clubbites plant Seed of love
They may have come giving, but even they did not leave empty-handed."I'm just overwhelmed by the children and their situation." said 22-year-old Tracy Ann Lewis. Lewis was part of a team from the Rotaract Club of Kingston that visited...
'Kitty' Cawston was 'monumental' - Family matriarch hailed as frank, feisty, fearless
The late Catherine Edith Cawston, also known as 'Kitty', left a tremendous legacy of love and inspiration, which her family said shaped their lives.Cawston, born on September 23, 1920, in Devon, England, was the only child of Percy and Edith Netten...
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