Facebook attack on KC vice-principal

An attack on a senior Kingston College (KC) administrator through the popular social-networking site Facebook, apparently in protest against a proposal to block underachieving boys from participating in the school's...

Employment programme helps inner-city youth

The national security ministry has touted its Employment Internship Programme (EIP) for providing breakthrough job opportunities for unemployed young people from vulnerable and volatile communities. The EIP, launched in 2008, engages partners...

Support for youth clubs on the way

LINSTEAD, St Catherine:For 25-year-old Dwayne McLeod, first vice-president, St Catherine Youth Council, and public relations officer, Linstead Police Youth Club, activities such as spelling bee and debate, which he participates in at club meetings...

Vendors angry over increased market fees

Approximately 100 irate market vendors in Port Antonio took to the street, on Monday, in a massive but peaceful demonstration, protesting a 100 per cent increase in vending fees imposed by the Portland Parish Council....

Getting a passport for an orphan

I am seeking your guidance in obtaining a passport for a child whose mother died when he was three years old and whose father cannot be found.

Travelling to Cuba? You'd better have health insurance

HAVANA (AP): CUBA HAS quietly begun requiring foreign tourists and Cubans who live overseas to hold travel insurance approved by island authorities, while making those who don't have coverage buy a local policy that can cost over US$3 a day. ...

NCU's Team Educ8 into Imagine Cup world finals

Another Information technology team from the Northern Caribbean University (NCU) is through once again to the Microsoft Imagine Cup world final.Team Educ8 advanced after defeating teams from El Salvador, Guatemala, the Dominican Republic and two other...

Help for homeless

Hi neighbour! 'If more people would put themselves in the place of more people, more people would be helped by more people and far more people would be happy with far more people.'Helping others is more about a caring heart than material resources.

The Caribbean looks for places in UK Parliament

One of the more interesting aspects of the 2010 general election in the United Kingdom (UK) set to take place on May 6 is the emergence of increasing numbers of Conservative parliamentary candidates...

Too posh? Class may divide UK vote

LONDON (AP):David Cameron's upper-class background is well-suited for traditional British politics - he's white, Eton-educated, married to an aristocrat's daughter and speaks as if he still had the proverbial silver spoon in his mouth.But being...

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