SPAULDING, Manchester: MANCHESTER'S SPELLING Bee champion Ashley Ricketts of Knox Junior School is all pumped up and ready to go for the finals of The Gleaner's...
BROWN'S TOWN, St Ann: IF CONFIDENCE were all it took to win the Spelling Bee contest, then St Ann champion Amoya Minto would win hands down. "I think that I'm going to win and represent Jamaica in Washington DC," the 13-year-old St Hilda's High School...
Why debt? SIMILAR TO how an individual might borrow to purchase a house or a car or to start a business, the government of a country borrows on the country's behalf, thus accumulating public debt....
THE LEGACY of Marcus Garvey and the Friends of Liberty Hall (Marcus Garvey) Foundation have said they are saddened by the passing of renowned Garvey scholar and Professor Emeritus of Africana Studies at Wellesley College, Massachusetts, Professor Tony...
HELLO, MI neighbour! 'Let's not get tired of doing what is good, for at the right time we will reap a harvest - if we do not give up'. Those words, spoken by Saint Paul to earlier generations, have not (and will never be) diminished in relevance...
Do What You Love, The Money Will Follow, says the title of a best-selling book by Marsha Sinetar. But surely, this is nothing but a pipe dream, isn't it? Is it really possible to make money doing what you truly love, like a hobby?Isn't work a necessary...
As part of its commitment to support sports development, Training Camp/Trafalgar Travel Ltd handed over equipment including a weights bench, medicine ball and other items to Queen's High School for Girls, representing part proceeds from the Training Camp 5K Run/Walk...
Today, we continue to profile companies that have been nominated for the prestigious 2012 Gleaner Honour Award. Palace Amusement Limited has been nominated in the category of Entertainment...
Malaria patient from Manchester dies - MANDEVILLE, Manchester:A man who was being treated for malaria in Manchester has died. Alfons Klem, a German who resided in Mandeville, Manchester, was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit at the Mandeville...