The parish of Clarendon has recorded five cases of leptospirosis, resulting in two deaths in one month. Medical officer of health for the parish, Dr Kimberly Scarlett Campbell, made the disclosure while addressing the monthly meeting of the...
The last thing Alden Cummings Sr expected was that his son, 'Junior', would follow his footsteps and enter the taxi service."I had different plans for him. I thought he would do anything but what I...
In 2009, Conrad Guthrie formed a community-based organisation (CBO) in Lucea, Hanover. However, seeing the great need at the national level for efficiently functioning CBOs, it was rebranded in 2013 to The Conrad Guthrie Foundation, where he used...
LIONEL TOWN, Clarendon:The Lionel Town Police Station enjoyed a well-needed facelift and landscaping, thanks to police personnel from May Pen and other divisions in Clarendon, as well as members of the police youth club and residents of the...
Women have a tendency to 'lock shop' (withhold lovemaking) when they are upset with their spouse or when they want to engage in a power struggle. Many do it vindictively with the intention to spite their husbands, knowing that they desire to satisfy...
Marketer, Roseanne Reid, has chronicled her life's struggle in a book entitled, 'From Pain to Purpose'.Her life has not been an easy one. She is a survivor of domestic child abuse. She grew up in a Christian home where she said there was no love;...
On May 25-26, One Step Forward Consultancy a United Kingdom (UK)-based organisation in association with the British High Commission and Victoria Climbie Foundation (UK) will be hosting the International Safeguarding Children Conference 2017 at the...
Thirty-five-year-old mother of four, Tanisha Daley, is trying hard to work with the hand she has been dealt.A resident of Senior district in Hanover, the abandoned Senior Primary School is where she has been living for the last seven years, along...
Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it - Proverbs 22:6Growing up, it has always been the norm for parents to advocate that children be 'raised' in the Church. Be it Sabbath or Sunday School, the...
Twenty-five-year-old Hope Faith* is now on the brink of despair as there seems to be no way out of the situation in which she has found herself.Hope, a paralysed mother of two girls, is living in a place where she's no longer welcome, due to lately...
How can I try to explain, when I do he turns away againIt's always been the same, same old storyFrom the moment I could talk I was ordered to listenNow there's a way and I know that I have to go awayI know I have to...
MILK RIVER, Clarendon:While schools struggle with parental conflicts surrounding students, one guidance counsellor decided to take matters into her own hands and created a 'parent support' training programme under the theme 'Live To Live'.Eileen...
MAY PEN, Clarendon:Last November, Miss Police Youth Club second runner-up Kerone Miller was voted as Clarendon's Most Influential Youth Leader - Female, at the annual Social Development Commission awards.That accolade shows the journey Miller has...
The menopause blues, the menopause bluesHot flashes flashin' from your hair to your shoesAt least there's no more unplanned pregnancy fearA pity my libido's also disappearedComin' soon to a body near you and you cannot refuseSo we'd better get used...
MAY PEN, Clarendon:More than 100 youth who participated in the Digital Technology training - a partnership between the Clarendon Youth Information Centre and Sutherland Community Technology Centre - last Thursday got some valuable advice from guest...
Some Christians like to refer to the story of Sodom and Gomorrah as they bring down the wrath of God on those who are known to be involved in same-sex relationships.Some even go to the extreme by shunning those who they suspect of indulging in that...
MAY PEN, Clarendon:Sagicor's May Pen personal banking officer Dave Robinson is ensuring that he mentors as many children as he can - giving them what he missed out on.Growing up without a father's influence and now a father of three, himself,...
When a parent dies, you lose your past; when a child dies, you lose your future.All parents expect at some point in time that they will leave their children. Many make preparations for that eventuality.However, at no...
PORTMORE, St Catherine:Tenuka Doyley is now pursuing her undergraduate degree in Communication Arts and Technology at the University of Technology and while she can breathe a sigh of relief in finally pursuing her dreams - she cannot help but look...
MOCHO, Clarendon:Two hundred and fifty unattached youth who hail from Mocho, Clarendon will be benefiting from a skills training programme courtesy of a combined effort between HEART/NTA and councillor for the division Romaine Morris.Youth between...
CHAPELTON, Clarendon:One man's life has so impacted a community that a movement which he started had the mantle taken up by his daughter, who witnessed first-hand the effect his work had on residents.Janeth Simpson Brown, founding member of the...
With the high cost of sourcing medications when a member of the family falls ill, some persons are turning to non-traditional measures in seeking healing, including 'granny's good old bush remedy'.It is no secret that our fore parents had a secret '...
Lionel Town, Clarendon:The Watsonton Primary School in Lionel Town Clarendon took on the challenging task of getting students to have a greater appreciation for math with a Math Day event under the theme 'Math Counts, Get Involved'.Principal of the...
There's a place in our heart, and I know that it is love And this place could be much brighter than tomorrow And if you really try, you'll find there's no need To cry in this place you'll feel, there's no hurt or sorrow - Heal the World......
Havin' my baby, what a lovely way of sayin'How much you love me, havin' my babyWhat a lovely way of sayin', what you're thinkin' of meI can see it, face is glowin', I can see in your eyesI'm happy you know it, that you're havin' my babyHaving My...
