Ellen Street, Manchester: They grew up in the Church, became ardent leaders, and held dear the principles of the faith. But then they subsequently leave, moving over to another faith or completely denouncing the existence of the one they once...
Last week, we started looking at four ways that we can find unshakeable faith in the face of failure. What failures are you facing today? Career? Financial? Relational? Failure can be hurtful, but it is a necessary part of life. Our attitude to...
A few years ago, Javaughn Taylor of Annotto Bay, St Mary, received much media publicity as the young man who searched for and found his former teacher who was living on the streets. That teacher is now on the road to recovery. And recently Family...
What does a picture tell us about the child who created it? Picasso wrote: “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once they grow up.” Child art, like most child behaviour, is direct and uncensored, and for 11-...
Who cries for the children? I do. Sometime in the night When you’re feeling the cold Take a look at the sky above you Those are faces in the light Hear ‘n Aid – Stars There are a lot of do-gooders who go above and beyond...
The 175 students on roll at the Three Hills Primary School in St Mary, along with the principal and staff at the institution, are a happier bunch today thanks to the generosity of Couples Resorts. The school recently benefited from the building of...
Trial judge Justice Vivene Harris had strong words for murder-convict police constable Collis ‘Chucky’ Brown in handing down sentencing this afternoon in the Home Circuit Court.
Murder-convict police constable Collis 'Chucky' Brown has been sentenced to life in prison and ordered to serve a total of 51 years before becoming eligible for parole.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Yielding to mounting pressure and growing disruption, President Donald Trump and congressional leaders on Friday reached a short-term deal to reopen the government for three weeks while negotiations continue over the...
The former chairman of the Students’ Loan Bureau (SLB) Dr St Aubyn Bartlett is reporting that it was he who recommended to the Finance Minister that the board of the agency be changed.
Kahira Jones, one of three co-convicts of dancehall artiste Vybz Kartel, was today found guilty on three firearm related charges. Jones was convicted in the Gun Court in downtown Kingston for illegal possession of a firearm, illegal...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Shouting “FBI, open the door,” authorities arrested Roger Stone, a confidant of President Donald Trump, before dawn Friday in a criminal case that revealed that senior members of the Trump campaign sought to...
Jamaica came away as big winners at the 2019 Travvy Awards held in New York City on Wednesday copping five major awards including Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett being awarded the inaugural Chairman’s Award for Global Tourism Innovation and...
The Federal Aviation Administration is reporting delays in air travel because of a “slight increase in sick leave” at two East Coast air traffic control facilities. FAA spokesman Gregory Martin said Friday that it had augmented...
The University Hospital of the West Indies’ (UHWI) Infection Control Unit is now better equipped to respond to dengue fever and other health-related threats. The facility has benefited from an injection of $31.7 million from the Universal...
Detectives assigned to the Spanish Town Criminal Investigation Branch are probing the circumstances surrounding the shooting deaths of a man and a woman on Old Harbour Road in Spanish Town, St Catherine on Thursday. Those killed are 21-year-old...
Several corridors in St Ann are now benefitting from a multimillion-dollar hotmix patching programme by the National Works Agency (NWA). The programme, valued at $36.5 million, forms part of the NWA’s islandwide routine maintenance effort...
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia is banning street begging by Syrian nationals who have startled people by showing up in growing numbers in recent months in major cities around hotels and mosques. “We are now coordinating our...