Against the odds - From school dropout to budding engineer
When Fabian Lawes came to the end of primary school at age 11, his grades were so dismal no high school would take him. For the next three years, Lawes was out of school and nobody thought he would one day become anything successful. Today, however, Lawes is a second-year student...
- Shaw set to go hunting for new bauxite markets
- Peace invades war-torn Flankers
- No shoes, no money, but ...
- Resolution Project: Changing the world through pictures
- Bullet shatters dreams
- Tuesdaytalk - Hottest topics on the cocktail circuit
Rowe vows to break Vaz
KENNETH ROWE, the People's National Party's (PNP) candidate for West Portland, has vowed to take the fight to Daryl Vaz in the March 23 by-election in the constituency."We are going to pound the concrete, we are going to go to the hills and the valleys, we are going to take the fight...
- 'I wanted Dabdoub'
- By-election closer than expected - PNP poll
- Disabilities lobby: Winning war against AIDS
- Diabetic patients get free monitors
- Cuban, Jamaican women link up
- Manley Foundation to host open day
Big fall for the DOW
NEW YORK (AP): THE DOW Jones industrial average plunged below 7,000 yesterday for the first time in more than 11 years as investors grow even more pessimistic about the health of banks and, in turn, the economy. A staggering US$61.7 billion in quarterly...
'We didn't want a pitch like this'
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): The docile Kensington Oval pitch came under the microscope following the drawn fourth Test between West Indies and England which ended yesterday.
The pitch produced 1,628 runs for the fall of a mere 17 wickets, five hundreds and seven half-centuries....
- West Indies stay in front after tame draw
- Growing pains... Roller-coaster ride with seniors lands Taylor, Thorpe leadership roles in Jamaica's U-20 World Cup bid
- Jamaica crash to defeat
- Bolt to run 100m at GC Foster Classics
- IAAF unveils Diamond League
- Tivoli clip unlucky Reno
- Sporting move off the bottom
- Rivoli surprise Waterhouse
- One Love football
- Sunshine Girls to face world's best
EDITORIAL - Good move Madam DPP
The pledge by Ms Paula Llewellyn, the director of public prosecutions (DPP), to have all outstanding files relating to alleged criminal misconduct by police officers clear her department over the next three months is welcome news to us - as it ought to be for the wider...
LETTER OF THE DAY - Misuse of state-owned vehicles
The Editor, Sir: Over the years, there has developed a phenomenon in Jamaica where state-owned vehicles are being treated as personal gifts from the state to assigned personnel. Has the justice system been so caught up in looking at large crimes that they just bypass...
- Support Tyson's call
- From force to farce
- The power of music
- Arbitrary land policy
- Too many children being labelled
- Questions of malignant dishonesty
- ... Lawsuit fears drive referrals
- Changes in global order
- Welcoming fishing sanctuaries
Harry Toddler gets his chance
A LIFE-SIZE poster of Harry Toddler dominates the lobby of Downsound Records' St Andrew office. The deejay, his bulky frame clad in denim pants and form-fitting T-shirt, settles on a sofa beside the studio where his latest songs are being edited....
- Crews control in the dancehall
- US photographer takes intimate look at Marley
- Reggae on the horizon for U2
- Barnes brothers give back to Jamaican music
- Something extra
SAJ/Rotary Wellness Tour opens eyes at Providence
Eager students waited in anticipation to get their eyes tested and to be seen by a doctor February 17 at the New Providence Primary School in Barbican as the Shipping Association of Jamaica (SAJ), in partnership with the Rotary Club of Liguanea Plans...
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In training - JDF recruits persevere to complete preparation exercise
IT MIGHT be high in the cool, green mountains of St Andrew, far from the congestion of city life, but this is no vacation spot. You can tell by the dozens of worn-out uniformed men sweating buckets close to the entrance. They're all wearing green suits and trying ...
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