Woman power - Female farmers join forces to stave off tough times in St Thomas
Farming is getting a boost in Dumfries, St Thomas, and a big part of that success story has to do with a group of female farmers who have come together to support each other. "We have formed the Dumfries Farmers' Group, and what we do is help each other....
- Cash Plus boss gets two more weeks
- How to dodge the hand-to-mouth life
- Women for a cause - August Town benefits from a dose of female power
- Swine flu hits Jamaica
- Don't stall the people's business - Thwaites
- Missing-baby report due today
- Not much hope for missing aeroplane
Am I in or out?
Q: My brother filed for my family and me in October 2000. He was notified on April 7, 2009 that his petition was approved. I was advised by letter dated April 28, from the National Visa Center, that visa numbers are not presently available for my use...
- Repairs to start on 12 bridges by year end
- VOXPOP
- Deadly drugs
- Married without children
- McGregor Gully residents planning to evacuate
Obama outlines plan to help GM survive - Automaker, Citi dropped from Dow Jones index
General Motors Corp's entry into bankruptcy on Monday, said it was part of a "viable achievable plan that will give this iconic company a chance to rise again," US president Barack Obama said. Obama said he hoped the US firm would emerge quickly ...
Barnes shakes off 'boo birds'
The last time Jamaicans saw national football coach John Barnes at "The Office", he was celebrating with the Reggae Boyz after they won the Digicel Caribbean Championships (DCC) in December. The prize was the Boyz' Christmas present to a nation...
- IAAF could alter timetable for Bolt quest
- Tarawali shines through in a special way
- Lions humble Wadadah in DPL play-off
- Corporate Area track meeting for UWI Bowl
- Record stands
- Federer rallies for five-set win
- Catherine Hall cop title
- Jamaicans excel at college meets
- SPORTS BRIEFS
- Schoolers round-up
EDITORIAL - Tyranny from the pulpit
For more than a dozen years, Jamaican governments have acquiesced to the irrational objections of fundamentalists who oppose any formal introduction of a flexible workweek.So, officially, the workweek remains within the five-day (Monday to Friday) grid...
LETTER OF THE DAY - A call to help a squatter settlement
The Editor, Sir: The hurricane season is here and I am concerned - not for myself, but for a group of persons living in an area that I saw covered by the raging Rio Cobre during hurricanes Gilbert and Ivan. The space I refer to is known to some as 'Ensom Heights'...
- SDA hypocrisy?
- Science vs religion
- Thwaites' unfair ploy
- 'Rejoice, we're being persecuted'
- Constitutional confusion
- Dangers of disabled vehicles
- A sad political farce
- CORRECTION/CLARIFICATION - Aviation school
Contradiction and fashion at 'Glamour in the Sunshine'
Written on one of the walls at Fort Charles in the sleepy town of Port Royal are the words: "In this place dwelt Horatio Nelson. You who trend his foot prints remember his glory." Last Saturday, Saint International's Glamour in the Sunshine, part of its Style Week 2K9....
- Beenie Man surprises at Fashion Block
- More than ever, Unlimited Dancers believe in their name
- Boyle suffering from exhaustion
- Something extra
CSA improves annual Caribbean port awards
The Caribbean Shipping Association (CSA) has announced improvements to its annual Caribbean Port Awards, effective this year. The changes were announced at the eighth Caribbean Shipping Executives Conference held May 18 to 20 in Cartagena...
- Authorised Economic Operator system welcomed by brokers
- MAJ observes Int'l Biodiversity Day
- Megaports stakeholders briefing
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Shirley's story
Long, long ago (last Saturday) in a land far, far away (Spanish Town) there lived a spritely middle-aged woman called Miss Shirley, who ran an empire of coconuts, bananas and sugar cane with the rigidity of a German soldier. Now, Miss Shirley actually lives in St Mary...
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